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. 71 journeys so far, 1970 to 1980, 9,215 specimens between them.
39 collectors and expeditions1,240 days in the field314,894 km between stops7,227 photographed specimens
71 journeys match
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sri Lanka and Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1975
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sri Lanka and Oʻahu, October – December 1975936 specimens · 26 stops · 44 days
Derral R. Herbst
12 islands · Dec 1971 – Aug 1972
Derral R. Herbst across 12 islands, December 1971 – August 1972634 specimens · 53 stops · 263 days · 25,096 km
R.L. Stemmermann
28 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978
R.L. Stemmermann across 28 islands, November 1977 – February 1978620 specimens · 70 stops · 102 days · 20,526 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Oct 1975
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, February – October 1975345 specimens · 58 stops · 242 days · 4,870 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1971
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – November 1971289 specimens · 38 stops · 153 days · 2,219 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1976
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, January – May 1976285 specimens · 26 stops · 108 days · 1,983 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
10 islands · Oct – Dec 1978
F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, October – December 1978361 specimens · 27 stops · 68 days · 79,655 km
Elbert L. Little Jr.
6 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 1976
Elbert L. Little Jr. across 6 islands of the United States, August – September 1976271 specimens · 23 stops · 52 days · 1,816 km
R.L. Stemmermann
3 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1979
R.L. Stemmermann in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 1979252 specimens · 25 stops · 94 days · 1,167 km
W. Teraoka
4 islands · Apr 1979 – Mar 1980
W. Teraoka across 4 islands, April 1979 – March 1980183 specimens · 58 stops · 348 days · 23,334 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands · Aug – Dec 1974
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, August – December 1974178 specimens · 27 stops · 126 days · 1,297 km
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Nov 1970
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, January – November 1970150 specimens · 60 stops · 305 days · 3,577 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1970
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1970140 specimens · 25 stops · 72 days · 674 km
D. Afualo
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1975
D. Afualo in Oʻahu, February – April 1975141 specimens · 19 stops · 60 days · 312 km
Johnson Randall
5 islands · Jun – Dec 1971
Johnson Randall across 5 islands, June – December 1971221 specimens · 23 stops · 158 days · 27,137 km
T.R. Herat
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jun – Aug 1973
T.R. Herat in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, June – August 1973129 specimens · 14 stops · 78 days · 254 km
R. Herat
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jun – Aug 1973
R. Herat in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, June – August 1973129 specimens · 14 stops · 78 days · 254 km
K.E. Schlech
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1979
K.E. Schlech in Oʻahu, June – July 1979124 specimens · 17 stops · 50 days
Paul K. Higashino
4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1977
Paul K. Higashino across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1977104 specimens · 19 stops · 118 days · 802 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1973
Derral R. Herbst in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, July – August 1973122 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 1,166 km
Heinar Streimann
Australia and Oʻahu · 10–19 Dec 1975
Heinar Streimann in Australia and Oʻahu, 10–19 December 1975152 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days
T.R. Herat
Oʻahu · 11–29 Aug 1972
T.R. Herat in Oʻahu, 11–29 August 1972120 specimens · 13 stops · 19 days · 268 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – July 1970111 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days · 1,246 km
R.C. Gardner
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1974
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands of the United States, January – February 197489 specimens · 24 stops · 54 days · 1,081 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.