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. 17 journeys so far, 1923 to 2002, 5,285 specimens between them.
14 collectors and expeditions408 days in the field144,332 km between stops3,176 photographed specimens
17 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
7 islands of the United States · Jan – Sep 1968
Derral R. Herbst across 7 islands of the United States, January – September 1968615 specimens · 67 stops · 243 days · 5,686 km
C.R. Long
29 islands · Aug – Nov 1964
C.R. Long across 29 islands, August – November 1964467 specimens · 49 stops · 103 days · 19,051 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
6 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1923
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 6 islands of the United States, May – September 1923837 specimens · 23 stops · 122 days · 69,538 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
8 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1924
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 8 islands of the United States, July – August 1924504 specimens · 13 stops · 52 days · 6,915 km
J. Polloi
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
J. Polloi across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002301 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,304 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
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
3 islands of the United States · 1–19 Jun 1923
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Kauaʻi, 1–19 June 1923307 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 786 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
Erling Christophersen
8 islands · Jun – Sep 1924
Erling Christophersen across 8 islands, June – September 192481 specimens · 18 stops · 111 days · 15,205 km
Fred W. Ball
11 islands of the United States · 5–25 Jul 1977
Fred W. Ball across 11 islands of the United States, 5–25 July 197773 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,615 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1949
Harold St.John in Niʻihau, Nihoa and Enewetak Atoll, March – April 1949101 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days · 4,437 km
John W. Beardsley
Laysan and Nihoa · Jun – Jul 1962
John W. Beardsley in Laysan and Nihoa, June – July 1962105 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 1,046 km
Edward Leonard Caum
3 islands of the United States · 12–29 Jun 1923
Edward Leonard Caum in Nihoa, French Frigate Shoals and Mokumanamana, 12–29 June 192351 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 883 km
Tanager Expedition
10 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1923
Tanager Expedition, April – June 192360 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days · 2,174 km
John Strazanac
Nihoa · 20–28 Jun 1990
John Strazanac in Nihoa, 20–28 June 199047 specimens · 6 stops · 9 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.