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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. 33 journeys so far, 1966 to 1994, 6,352 specimens between them.

1 collectors and expeditions697 days in the field114,063 km between stops4,816 photographed specimens

Derral R. Herbst

7 islands of the United States · Jan – Sep 1968

Derral R. Herbst across 7 islands of the United States, January – September 1968

615 specimens · 67 stops · 243 days · 5,686 km

Derral R. Herbst

12 islands · Dec 1971 – Aug 1972

Derral R. Herbst across 12 islands, December 1971 – August 1972

634 specimens · 53 stops · 263 days · 25,096 km

Derral R. Herbst

Oʻahu and Maui · Aug 1967 – Jan 1968

Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu and Maui, August 1967 – January 1968

373 specimens · 66 stops · 150 days · 1,963 km

Derral R. Herbst

5 islands of the United States · Feb – Oct 1975

Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, February – October 1975

345 specimens · 58 stops · 242 days · 4,870 km

Derral R. Herbst

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1971

Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – November 1971

289 specimens · 38 stops · 153 days · 2,219 km

Derral R. Herbst

4 islands · May – Jun 1984

Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands, May – June 1984

431 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days

Derral R. Herbst

5 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1976

Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, January – May 1976

285 specimens · 26 stops · 108 days · 1,983 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands · Mar – Jun 1983

Derral R. Herbst in Guam, Oʻahu and Maui, March – June 1983

435 specimens · 21 stops · 80 days · 24,826 km

Derral R. Herbst

5 islands · Aug – Dec 1974

Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, August – December 1974

178 specimens · 27 stops · 126 days · 1,297 km

Derral R. Herbst

4 islands of the United States · Feb – May 1973

Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, February – May 1973

186 specimens · 22 stops · 93 days · 1,628 km

Derral R. Herbst

10 islands · Jun – Jul 1980

Derral R. Herbst across 10 islands, June – July 1980

210 specimens · 14 stops · 48 days · 1,684 km

Derral R. Herbst

8 islands · Jun – Jul 1988

Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, June – July 1988

379 specimens · 14 stops · 29 days · 1,696 km

Derral R. Herbst

Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Feb – Jun 1966

Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, February – June 1966

143 specimens · 23 stops · 124 days · 935 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Feb – Jul 1967

Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, February – July 1967

135 specimens · 25 stops · 141 days · 459 km

Derral R. Herbst

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1970

Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1970

140 specimens · 25 stops · 72 days · 674 km

Derral R. Herbst

5 islands · Feb – Apr 1988

Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, February – April 1988

201 specimens · 16 stops · 49 days · 7,903 km

Derral R. Herbst

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Sep 1966

Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – September 1966

129 specimens · 17 stops · 57 days · 459 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1973

Derral R. Herbst in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, July – August 1973

122 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 1,166 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 1978

97 specimens · 10 stops · 65 days · 2,116 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands · Jan – Feb 1991

Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Mbanika and Oʻahu, January – February 1991

168 specimens · 6 stops · 29 days · 230 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 1973

Derral R. Herbst in Lānaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, September – October 1973

96 specimens · 9 stops · 30 days · 73 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1978

Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, April – June 1978

102 specimens · 6 stops · 43 days · 778 km

Derral R. Herbst

Oʻahu · Dec 1989 – Mar 1990

Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, December 1989 – March 1990

67 specimens · 13 stops · 78 days · 253 km

Derral R. Herbst

Kauaʻi and Maui · Nov 1972 – Feb 1973

Derral R. Herbst in Kauaʻi and Maui, November 1972 – February 1973

58 specimens · 11 stops · 79 days · 768 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.