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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. 20 journeys so far, 1910 to 1919, 9,451 specimens between them.

7 collectors and expeditions451 days in the field18,665 km between stops7,472 photographed specimens

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Jun – Dec 1917

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – December 1917

1,777 specimens · 29 stops · 163 days · 2,815 km

Joseph F. Rock

6 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1910

Joseph F. Rock across 6 islands of the United States, June – November 1910

1,111 specimens · 45 stops · 154 days · 2,685 km

Charles N. Forbes

6 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1915

Charles N. Forbes across 6 islands of the United States, May – July 1915

1,032 specimens · 49 stops · 79 days · 992 km

Charles N. Forbes

6 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1919

Charles N. Forbes across 6 islands of the United States, June – September 1919

1,048 specimens · 28 stops · 88 days · 422 km

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Sep – Dec 1916

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, September – December 1916

451 specimens · 23 stops · 106 days · 1,301 km

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1912

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, January – June 1912

459 specimens · 19 stops · 151 days · 981 km

John August Kusche

Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Jun 1919

John August Kusche in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – June 1919

682 specimens · 35 stops · 142 days · 450 km

Charles N. Forbes

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1912

Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1912

567 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 287 km

A.S. Hitchcock

6 islands of the United States · Jun – Oct 1916

A.S. Hitchcock across 6 islands of the United States, June – October 1916

239 specimens · 51 stops · 142 days · 1,990 km

Joseph F. Rock

5 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1910

Joseph F. Rock across 5 islands of the United States, March – May 1910

361 specimens · 11 stops · 68 days · 120 km

Charles N. Forbes

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1913

Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1913

406 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 774 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · Jun – Jul 1914

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, June – July 1914

303 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 413 km

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

Joseph F. Rock

5 islands of the United States · Aug – Nov 1916

Joseph F. Rock across 5 islands of the United States, August – November 1916

205 specimens · 13 stops · 77 days · 1,762 km

Joseph F. Rock

Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–24 Oct 1911

Joseph F. Rock in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–24 October 1911

148 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days

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

Carolene Charley

Kauaʻi · 14–19 Jun 1914

Carolene Charley in Kauaʻi, 14–19 June 1914

140 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 64 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

Joseph F. Rock

3 islands of the United States · Aug – Oct 1917

Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, August – October 1917

40 specimens · 10 stops · 39 days · 1,127 km

C.M.Cooke III

Kauaʻi · 14–19 Jun 1914

C.M.Cooke III in Kauaʻi, 14–19 June 1914

83 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 56 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.