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. 242 journeys so far, 1980 to 1990, 32,345 specimens between them.
129 collectors and expeditions3,479 days in the field873,347 km between stops19,611 photographed specimens
242 journeys match
Robert Hobdy
17 islands · Apr – Aug 1982
Robert Hobdy across 17 islands, April – August 1982250 specimens · 24 stops · 106 days · 16,977 km
Derral R. Herbst
10 islands · Jun – Jul 1980
Derral R. Herbst across 10 islands, June – July 1980210 specimens · 14 stops · 48 days · 1,684 km
D. Lepofsky
7 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1988
D. Lepofsky across 7 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 1988168 specimens · 32 stops · 78 days
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Oct 1983
Wayne N. Takeuchi in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Maui, July – October 1983183 specimens · 17 stops · 71 days · 1,520 km
Derral R. Herbst
8 islands · Jun – Jul 1988
Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, June – July 1988379 specimens · 14 stops · 29 days · 1,696 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
9 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Oct 1988
Steven L. Montgomery across 9 islands of French Polynesia, July – October 1988277 specimens · 18 stops · 73 days · 10,669 km
Wayne N. Takeuchi
8 islands · Jun – Jul 1980
Wayne N. Takeuchi across 8 islands, June – July 1980200 specimens · 12 stops · 29 days · 1,582 km
S.J. Anderson
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – May 1982
S.J. Anderson in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – May 1982153 specimens · 18 stops · 132 days · 578 km
Derral R. Herbst
8 islands · Feb – Mar 1984
Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, February – March 1984370 specimens · 9 stops · 18 days · 1,158 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · Apr – May 1982
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, April – May 1982289 specimens · 15 stops · 24 days · 17,156 km
C.T. Imada
3 islands of the United States · 3–14 Mar 1988
C.T. Imada in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, 3–14 March 1988221 specimens · 12 stops · 12 days · 211 km
Betsy H. Gagne
7 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Sep 1988
Betsy H. Gagne across 7 islands of French Polynesia, July – September 1988267 specimens · 15 stops · 68 days · 10,816 km
Benjamin C. Stone
5 islands · Jul – Sep 1981
Benjamin C. Stone across 5 islands, July – September 1981220 specimens · 21 stops · 49 days · 9,878 km
D.D. Soejarto
3 islands of the Philippines · Jun – Aug 1988
D.D. Soejarto in Palawan, Palawan Island and Plawan Island, June – August 1988166 specimens · 14 stops · 42 days · 754 km
van Balgooy
South Island and Australia · Jan – Feb 1983
van Balgooy in South Island and Australia, January – February 1983166 specimens · 13 stops · 39 days
B. Tate
Oʻahu · Jun – Sep 1985
B. Tate in Oʻahu, June – September 1985141 specimens · 18 stops · 99 days
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands · Feb – Apr 1988
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, February – April 1988201 specimens · 16 stops · 49 days · 7,903 km
M.V.C. Falanruw
3 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · Apr – May 1982
M.V.C. Falanruw in Rota, Tinian and Saipan, April – May 1982265 specimens · 14 stops · 19 days · 217 km
M.E. Leu
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – Jun 1988
M.E. Leu in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, April – June 1988283 specimens · 10 stops · 70 days · 1,397 km
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R.J. Baker
Oʻahu · Nov 1989 – Jan 1990
R.J. Baker in Oʻahu, November 1989 – January 1990345 specimens · 7 stops · 45 days
J.S. Burley
3 islands · Sep – Oct 1987
J.S. Burley in Borneo, Sarawak and Luzon, September – October 1987141 specimens · 15 stops · 45 days · 5,605 km
Jacques Florence
6 islands of French Polynesia · Nov – Dec 1982
Jacques Florence across 6 islands of French Polynesia, November – December 1982276 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 3,804 km
Bobby Lee
Borneo and Sarawak · Sep – Oct 1987
Bobby Lee in Borneo and Sarawak, September – October 1987135 specimens · 16 stops · 45 days · 3,984 km
Otto Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Otto Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981122 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 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.