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. 70 journeys so far, 1960 to 1970, 15,311 specimens between them.
40 collectors and expeditions1,606 days in the field572,743 km between stops10,344 photographed specimens
70 journeys match
Ernani Meñez
50 islands · Jun – Sep 1960
Ernani Meñez across 50 islands, June – September 19602,317 specimens · 38 stops · 100 days · 40,857 km
Johnson Randall
25 islands · Mar – Dec 1968
Johnson Randall across 25 islands, March – December 19681,676 specimens · 99 stops · 261 days · 106,577 km
Derral R. Herbst
7 islands of the United States · Jan – Sep 1968
Derral R. Herbst across 7 islands of the United States, January – September 1968615 specimens · 67 stops · 243 days · 5,686 km
Grady L. Webster
10 islands · Jun – Sep 1968
Grady L. Webster across 10 islands, June – September 1968510 specimens · 60 stops · 111 days · 38,525 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
Derral R. Herbst
Oʻahu and Maui · Aug 1967 – Jan 1968
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu and Maui, August 1967 – January 1968373 specimens · 66 stops · 150 days · 1,963 km
Marshall R. Crosby
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1964
Marshall R. Crosby across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 1964461 specimens · 21 stops · 83 days · 2,429 km
W.G. Anderson William G. Anderson Jr.
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1964
W.G. Anderson William G. Anderson Jr. across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 1964424 specimens · 20 stops · 65 days · 2,387 km
J.S. Henrickson
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1969
J.S. Henrickson across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1969483 specimens · 15 stops · 55 days · 1,780 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963301 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,016 km
Johnson Randall
6 islands of Chile · Jan – Mar 1969
Johnson Randall across 6 islands of Chile, January – March 1969503 specimens · 38 stops · 78 days · 8,647 km
K.R. Khan
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Sep 1965 – Jul 1966
K.R. Khan in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, September 1965 – July 1966295 specimens · 38 stops · 307 days · 2,476 km
Isa Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963
Isa Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963281 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,019 km
H.H. Iltis
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1967
H.H. Iltis across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1967263 specimens · 40 stops · 74 days · 2,290 km
C.R. Long
24 islands · Apr – Jul 1964
C.R. Long across 24 islands, April – July 1964264 specimens · 39 stops · 91 days · 15,404 km
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1960
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands of the United States, February – June 1960273 specimens · 22 stops · 115 days · 2,148 km
S. Carlquist
14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966
S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km
M.-H Sachet
6 islands · Jul – Nov 1963
M.-H Sachet across 6 islands, July – November 1963308 specimens · 22 stops · 118 days · 9,873 km
H.O. Sleumer
New Guinea and Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1962
H.O. Sleumer in New Guinea and Oʻahu, January – February 1962239 specimens · 22 stops · 42 days · 9,681 km
H.U. Stauffer
10 islands · Dec 1963 – Apr 1964
H.U. Stauffer across 10 islands, December 1963 – April 1964165 specimens · 43 stops · 140 days · 17,939 km
Johnson Randall
9 islands · Jul – Oct 1967
Johnson Randall across 9 islands, July – October 1967303 specimens · 29 stops · 95 days · 2,620 km
Derral R. Herbst
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Feb – Jun 1966
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, February – June 1966143 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 1967135 specimens · 25 stops · 141 days · 459 km
Otto Degener
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1961
Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1961153 specimens · 22 stops · 54 days · 560 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.