Journeys
The expeditions, reassembled
Every dated label is a diary entry. Read a collector’s labels in order and the voyage comes back: the islands in sequence, the days at each, the specimens from every stop. 25 journeys so far, 1923 to 2003, 10,890 specimens between them.
18 collectors and expeditions616 days in the field147,612 km between stops6,470 photographed specimens
25 journeys match
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
11 islands · Oct 1987 – Sep 1988
Wayne N. Takeuchi across 11 islands, October 1987 – September 1988947 specimens · 78 stops · 332 days · 6,730 km
P.S. Vroom
21 islands · Aug – Sep 2003
P.S. Vroom across 21 islands, August – September 20031,971 specimens · 23 stops · 37 days · 31,356 km
Derral R. Herbst
7 islands of the United States · Jan – Sep 1968
Derral R. Herbst across 7 islands of the United States, January – September 1968615 specimens · 67 stops · 243 days · 5,686 km
Ditlev Due Thaanum
10 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1923
Ditlev Due Thaanum across 10 islands of the United States, May – August 1923918 specimens · 15 stops · 96 days · 11,766 km
K. Shultz
9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002
K. Shultz across 9 islands, September – October 20021,025 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km
K.A. Peyton
9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002
K.A. Peyton across 9 islands, September – October 2002979 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km
K.J. Geisler
7 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2000
K.J. Geisler across 7 islands of the United States, September – October 2000786 specimens · 25 stops · 37 days · 5,446 km
C.R. Long
29 islands · Aug – Nov 1964
C.R. Long across 29 islands, August – November 1964467 specimens · 49 stops · 103 days · 19,051 km
C.R. Long
24 islands · Apr – Jul 1964
C.R. Long across 24 islands, April – July 1964264 specimens · 39 stops · 91 days · 15,404 km
S. Carlquist
14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966
S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km
Karla J. McDermid
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
Karla J. McDermid across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002383 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,834 km
B. Stuercke
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
B. Stuercke across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002347 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,838 km
J. Polloi
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
J. Polloi across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002301 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,304 km
Derral R. Herbst
10 islands · Jun – Jul 1980
Derral R. Herbst across 10 islands, June – July 1980210 specimens · 14 stops · 48 days · 1,684 km
Derral R. Herbst
8 islands · Jun – Jul 1988
Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, June – July 1988379 specimens · 14 stops · 29 days · 1,696 km
Wayne N. Takeuchi
8 islands · Jun – Jul 1980
Wayne N. Takeuchi across 8 islands, June – July 1980200 specimens · 12 stops · 29 days · 1,582 km
P.S. Vroom
6 islands · Aug – Oct 2002
P.S. Vroom across 6 islands, August – October 2002215 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 8,208 km
Mrs Hughes
7 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
Mrs Hughes across 7 islands of the United States, September – October 2002122 specimens · 13 stops · 27 days · 2,889 km
Derral R. Herbst
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1978
Derral R. Herbst across 6 islands of the United States, July – September 197897 specimens · 10 stops · 65 days · 2,116 km
C.H. Lamoureux
5 islands of the United States · 1–14 Sep 1961
C.H. Lamoureux across 5 islands of the United States, 1–14 September 1961109 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 1,751 km
Edward Leonard Caum
7 islands · 1–28 Apr 1923
Edward Leonard Caum across 7 islands, 1–28 April 192378 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 2,863 km
Fred W. Ball
11 islands of the United States · 5–25 Jul 1977
Fred W. Ball across 11 islands of the United States, 5–25 July 197773 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,615 km
K.N. Page
6 islands of the United States · 14–30 Jul 2003
K.N. Page across 6 islands of the United States, 14–30 July 200385 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days · 1,262 km
Edward Leonard Caum
3 islands of the United States · 12–29 Jun 1923
Edward Leonard Caum in Nihoa, French Frigate Shoals and Mokumanamana, 12–29 June 192351 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 883 km
How a journey is found
Every specimen with a full date and a known collector is a diary entry. The days are read in order; a gap of more than three weeks ends one journey and starts the next. Days spent where a collector lived most of their life are home, not travel, and are left out.
A journey needs at least five days, forty specimens and two places. Within it, a run of days spent within about ten kilometres is one stop; the stop’s point is the middle of the labels that carry coordinates, or the island’s centre when none do.
Companions are the people whose own labels put them in the same place on the same days. Staff can name a journey, write about it and feature it; everything else here is read straight off the specimens, and is rebuilt as the records improve.