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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. 282 journeys so far, 1970 to 1980, 39,583 specimens between them.

148 collectors and expeditions4,885 days in the field870,419 km between stops26,525 photographed specimens

Peter J. Edwards

North Island and New Zealand · 1–30 Mar 1970

Peter J. Edwards in North Island and New Zealand, 1–30 March 1970

62 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 53,824 km

van Royen

the United States · Jul – Aug 1973

van Royen in the United States, July – August 1973

97 specimens · 17 stops · 27 days

Stud. Biol. Rheno-Trai in itinere

Boyroya · Jun – Jul 1970

Stud. Biol. Rheno-Trai in itinere in Boyroya, June – July 1970

55 specimens · 12 stops · 31 days

C.A. Russell

Swirl and Allen Island [Washington] · Jun – Jul 1973

C.A. Russell in Swirl and Allen Island [Washington], June – July 1973

53 specimens · 12 stops · 43 days

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1975

Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November – December 1975

63 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days · 484 km

Dennis M. Devaney

8 islands · Feb – Mar 1971

Dennis M. Devaney across 8 islands, February – March 1971

90 specimens · 13 stops · 41 days · 1,684 km

Isabelle Abbott

St. Croix · 2–21 Jan 1974

Isabelle Abbott in St. Croix, 2–21 January 1974

60 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days

F.R. Warshauer

Lānaʻi · 2–9 Apr 1979

F.R. Warshauer in Lānaʻi, 2–9 April 1979

83 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days

Isabelle Abbott

Maui · Aug – Sep 1976

Isabelle Abbott in Maui, August – September 1976

85 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days · 204 km

F. Raymond Fosberg

10 islands · May – Jul 1973

F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, May – July 1973

56 specimens · 17 stops · 45 days

Jan-Peter Frahm

Sweden and Denmark · Jul – Aug 1975

Jan-Peter Frahm in Sweden and Denmark, July – August 1975

52 specimens · 11 stops · 24 days

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

7 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, November 1977 – February 1978

61 specimens · 19 stops · 80 days · 5,557 km

Zennoske Iwatsuki

4 islands of Japan · Aug – Sep 1975

Zennoske Iwatsuki across 4 islands of Japan, August – September 1975

47 specimens · 12 stops · 37 days · 686 km

J.M. Powell

Australia · Aug – Sep 1979

J.M. Powell in Australia, August – September 1979

42 specimens · 17 stops · 33 days

R.L. Stemmermann

5 islands · Nov – Dec 1979

R.L. Stemmermann across 5 islands, November – December 1979

78 specimens · 10 stops · 34 days · 5,655 km

D.B. Sumithraarachchi

Sri Lanka · 20–26 Nov 1975

D.B. Sumithraarachchi in Sri Lanka, 20–26 November 1975

77 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days

Paul K. Higashino

Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · Oct – Nov 1976

Paul K. Higashino in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, October – November 1976

67 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 151 km

Paul K. Higashino

Maui · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976

Paul K. Higashino in Maui, December 1975 – January 1976

84 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 58 km

R.L. Stemmermann

Oʻahu · Mar – May 1973

R.L. Stemmermann in Oʻahu, March – May 1973

65 specimens · 16 stops · 49 days

Donald P. Abbott

Maui · Aug – Sep 1976

Donald P. Abbott in Maui, August – September 1976

70 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 369 km

L. Visch

3 islands of New Zealand · Dec 1972 – Feb 1973

L. Visch in South Island, New Zealand and North Island, December 1972 – February 1973

45 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 4,993 km

A.F. Chambers

Nanumea · Apr – Jun 1974

A.F. Chambers in Nanumea, April – June 1974

66 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days

Seymour H. Sohmer

Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1970

Seymour H. Sohmer in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 1970

59 specimens · 7 stops · 21 days · 135 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

6 islands · Nov 1978 – Jan 1979

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 6 islands, November 1978 – January 1979

57 specimens · 17 stops · 90 days · 2,398 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.