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. 7 journeys so far, 1980 to 1988, 2,285 specimens between them.
3 collectors and expeditions174 days in the field44,250 km between stops1,507 photographed specimens
7 journeys match
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
11 islands · Oct 1987 – Sep 1988
Wayne N. Takeuchi across 11 islands, October 1987 – September 1988947 specimens · 78 stops · 332 days · 6,730 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands · May – Jun 1984
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands, May – June 1984431 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days
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
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
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
H.J. Fortner
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
H.J. Fortner across 6 islands of the United States, June – July 198467 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 2,689 km
H.J. Fortner
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1984
H.J. Fortner across 4 islands of the United States, October – November 198451 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 29,869 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.