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. 22 journeys so far, 1923 to 2002, 6,643 specimens between them.
18 collectors and expeditions439 days in the field145,900 km between stops4,541 photographed specimens
22 journeys match
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
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
station
16 islands · Jul – Dec 1955
station, July – December 1955196 specimens · 82 stops · 144 days · 48,394 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
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
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30
9 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1955
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30, July – August 195599 specimens · 35 stops · 43 days · 13,037 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
C.H. Lamoureux
4 islands · 6–17 Dec 1962
C.H. Lamoureux across 4 islands, 6–17 December 196293 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days
Stanley Ball
5 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1923
Stanley Ball across 5 islands of the United States, March – May 192372 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days · 3,896 km
Tanager Expedition
10 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1923
Tanager Expedition, April – June 192360 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days · 2,174 km
Derral R. Herbst
Kure Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · 3–12 Jan 1979
Derral R. Herbst in Kure Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, 3–12 January 197953 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days · 2,498 km
C.H. Lamoureux
3 islands · 12–17 Aug 1964
C.H. Lamoureux in Kure Atoll, Midway Atoll and Laysan, 12–17 August 196445 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 111 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 67
5 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1975
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 67, October – November 197543 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 2,702 km
station
5 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1975
station, October – November 197542 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 2,702 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.