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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. 26 journeys so far, 1960 to 1969, 4,723 specimens between them.

22 collectors and expeditions462 days in the field60,124 km between stops2,984 photographed specimens

Marshall R. Crosby

5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1964

Marshall R. Crosby across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 1964

461 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 1964

424 specimens · 20 stops · 65 days · 2,387 km

Otto Degener

5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963

Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963

301 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,016 km

Isa Degener

5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963

Isa Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963

281 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,019 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 1960

273 specimens · 22 stops · 115 days · 2,148 km

S. Carlquist

14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966

S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966

208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km

Otto Degener

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1961

Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1961

153 specimens · 22 stops · 54 days · 560 km

Isa Degener

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1961

Isa Degener across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1961

147 specimens · 22 stops · 54 days · 560 km

station

4 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1968

station, March – May 1968

346 specimens · 11 stops · 41 days · 932 km

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 40

3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 40, November – December 1968

344 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days · 298 km

station

3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968

station, November – December 1968

344 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days · 298 km

C.H. Lamoureux

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1962

C.H. Lamoureux in Molokaʻi, Maui and Midway Atoll, June – July 1962

151 specimens · 4 stops · 36 days · 2,230 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Jul – Aug 1961

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, July – August 1961

147 specimens · 3 stops · 44 days · 187 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

4 islands · May – Aug 1962

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 4 islands, May – August 1962

76 specimens · 12 stops · 89 days · 12,838 km

W.J. Gilbert

6 islands · Jun – Aug 1963

W.J. Gilbert across 6 islands, June – August 1963

69 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days · 5,418 km

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 35

3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1968

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 35, March – April 1968

165 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 583 km

G.W. Gillett

6 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1966

G.W. Gillett across 6 islands of the United States, May – July 1966

46 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 1,081 km

Paul J. Struhsaker

3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968

Paul J. Struhsaker in Oʻahu, Molokaʻi and Maui, November – December 1968

105 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 573 km

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 36

Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Apr – May 1968

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 36, April – May 1968

181 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 280 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

5 islands · Feb – Apr 1964

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, February – April 1964

52 specimens · 8 stops · 81 days · 17,676 km

D.E. Yen

3 islands · Jul – Aug 1969

D.E. Yen in Futuna Island, 'Alofi Island and Molokaʻi, July – August 1969

139 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days

V.J. Krajina

3 islands of the United States · 11–21 Jun 1962

V.J. Krajina in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 11–21 June 1962

114 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 269 km

William J. Hoe

Maui and Molokaʻi · 25–29 Jan 1965

William J. Hoe in Maui and Molokaʻi, 25–29 January 1965

53 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days · 122 km

G.J. Hollenberg

5 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1965

G.J. Hollenberg across 5 islands of the United States, April – May 1965

51 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 192 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.