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. 44 journeys so far, 1970 to 1979, 4,922 specimens between them.
27 collectors and expeditions684 days in the field86,688 km between stops4,114 photographed specimens
Islands
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Journeys with photographed specimens44 journeys match
Derral R. Herbst
Kauaʻi and Maui · Nov 1972 – Feb 1973
Derral R. Herbst in Kauaʻi and Maui, November 1972 – February 197358 specimens · 11 stops · 79 days · 768 km
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Jul – Sep 1979
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, July – September 197968 specimens · 10 stops · 78 days
R.C. Gardner
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1975
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands, January – March 197549 specimens · 15 stops · 54 days · 18,774 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1975
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November – December 197563 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days · 484 km
G.J. Spence
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1973
G.J. Spence in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, June – August 197347 specimens · 8 stops · 48 days · 704 km
van Royen
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
van Royen in Kauaʻi, August – September 197766 specimens · 4 stops · 25 days
William J. Hoe
Kauaʻi and Maui · 5–13 Aug 1974
William J. Hoe in Kauaʻi and Maui, 5–13 August 197466 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1978
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, March – April 197842 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 718 km
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1972 – Jan 1973
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, November 1972 – January 197340 specimens · 11 stops · 63 days · 1,004 km
E. Earle
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Jul 1972
E. Earle in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – July 197250 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, August – September 197748 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · 10–25 Apr 1974
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, 10–25 April 197443 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 886 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the United States · 2–15 Apr 1971
F. Raymond Fosberg in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–15 April 197141 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 585 km
C. Corn
Kauaʻi · 13–21 Jun 1978
C. Corn in Kauaʻi, 13–21 June 197879 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 18 km
P.J. Kores
Kauaʻi · 2–9 Sep 1979
P.J. Kores in Kauaʻi, 2–9 September 197947 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days
station
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1972
station, July – August 197245 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 4,512 km
J.S. Davis
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
J.S. Davis in Kauaʻi, August – September 197742 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 59
5 islands of the United States · 12–27 Jul 1972
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 59, 12–27 July 197250 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 895 km
J.S. Davis
Kauaʻi · 2–9 Sep 1979
J.S. Davis in Kauaʻi, 2–9 September 197944 specimens · 3 stops · 8 days
Zennoske Iwatsuki
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 3–21 Jun 1974
Zennoske Iwatsuki in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 3–21 June 197451 specimens · 3 stops · 19 days
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.