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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. 62 journeys so far, 1910 to 1920, 17,635 specimens between them.

24 collectors and expeditions825 days in the field41,043 km between stops14,631 photographed specimens

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1910

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1910

246 specimens · 9 stops · 65 days · 763 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Oʻahu and Maui · Sep 1919 – Jan 1920

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, September 1919 – January 1920

201 specimens · 28 stops · 133 days · 556 km

H.A. Pilsbry

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913

H.A. Pilsbry across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913

189 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 1,191 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi · 8–13 Mar 1916

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, 8–13 March 1916

433 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 8 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1915

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, February – March 1915

275 specimens · 4 stops · 42 days · 51 km

Philip Hunter Timberlake

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1919

Philip Hunter Timberlake in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1919

229 specimens · 22 stops · 51 days · 448 km

Charles N. Forbes

Oʻahu · Jan – May 1917

Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, January – May 1917

140 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 453 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi · 1–11 Oct 1911

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, 1–11 October 1911

168 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 311 km

Judd

Molokaʻi · 8–13 Mar 1916

Judd in Molokaʻi, 8–13 March 1916

301 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 4 km

A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia

Oʻahu · Oct 1916 – Feb 1917

A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, October 1916 – February 1917

121 specimens · 5 stops · 120 days · 343 km

Charles N. Forbes

Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1914

Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, October – November 1914

109 specimens · 5 stops · 37 days

A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia

Oʻahu · Apr – Jun 1917

A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, April – June 1917

94 specimens · 5 stops · 87 days · 276 km

Ben Olivera

Oʻahu · 5–9 Apr 1917

Ben Olivera in Oʻahu, 5–9 April 1917

172 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 181 km

John Colburn Bridwell

Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1918

John Colburn Bridwell in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 1918

124 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days · 69 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1914

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 1914

105 specimens · 4 stops · 25 days · 343 km

R.K. von Holt

Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1912

R.K. von Holt in Oʻahu, September – October 1912

106 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 289 km

C.F. Mant

Oʻahu · Nov 1918 – Jan 1919

C.F. Mant in Oʻahu, November 1918 – January 1919

92 specimens · 4 stops · 59 days · 255 km

Carolene Charley

Kauaʻi · 14–19 Jun 1914

Carolene Charley in Kauaʻi, 14–19 June 1914

140 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 64 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

5 islands · Mar – Jun 1915

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 5 islands, March – June 1915

58 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 11,034 km

Charles N. Forbes

3 islands of the United States · Oct 1910 – Jan 1911

Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, Maui and Kauaʻi, October 1910 – January 1911

48 specimens · 16 stops · 97 days · 1,320 km

L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston

Hawaiʻi Island · 1–7 Jul 1915

L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–7 July 1915

119 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 34 km

C.M.Cooke III

Molokaʻi · 5–14 Aug 1914

C.M.Cooke III in Molokaʻi, 5–14 August 1914

76 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 44 km

Carolene Charley

Molokaʻi · 5–14 Aug 1914

Carolene Charley in Molokaʻi, 5–14 August 1914

76 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 44 km

A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia

Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1919

A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, October – November 1919

58 specimens · 4 stops · 36 days · 257 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.