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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. 13 journeys so far, 1910 to 1919, 7,297 specimens between them.

5 collectors and expeditions359 days in the field17,812 km between stops6,093 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

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

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

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1913

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1913

309 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 556 km

Charles N. Forbes

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1916

Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, January – June 1916

175 specimens · 26 stops · 156 days · 2,894 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

Hammond

Lānaʻi and Maui · Jul – Aug 1910

Hammond in Lānaʻi and Maui, July – August 1910

42 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 442 km

Ditlev Due Thaanum

4 islands · 1–13 Oct 1911

Ditlev Due Thaanum across 4 islands, 1–13 October 1911

43 specimens · 2 stops · 13 days · 198 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.