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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. 30 journeys so far, 1923 to 2006, 10,107 specimens between them.

24 collectors and expeditions621 days in the field222,021 km between stops6,310 photographed specimens

Wayne N. Takeuchi

11 islands · Oct 1987 – Sep 1988

Wayne N. Takeuchi across 11 islands, October 1987 – September 1988

947 specimens · 78 stops · 332 days · 6,730 km

K. Shultz

9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002

K. Shultz across 9 islands, September – October 2002

1,025 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km

K.A. Peyton

9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002

K.A. Peyton across 9 islands, September – October 2002

979 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km

K.J. Geisler

7 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2000

K.J. Geisler across 7 islands of the United States, September – October 2000

786 specimens · 25 stops · 37 days · 5,446 km

C.R. Long

29 islands · Aug – Nov 1964

C.R. Long across 29 islands, August – November 1964

467 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 1923

837 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 1924

504 specimens · 13 stops · 52 days · 6,915 km

Derral R. Herbst

4 islands · May – Jun 1984

Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands, May – June 1984

431 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days

C.R. Long

24 islands · Apr – Jul 1964

C.R. Long across 24 islands, April – July 1964

264 specimens · 39 stops · 91 days · 15,404 km

S. Carlquist

14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966

S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966

208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km

Karla J. McDermid

8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002

Karla J. McDermid across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002

383 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,834 km

B. Stuercke

8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002

B. Stuercke across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002

347 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,838 km

J. Polloi

8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002

J. Polloi across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002

301 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,304 km

Derral R. Herbst

10 islands · Jun – Jul 1980

Derral R. Herbst across 10 islands, June – July 1980

210 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 1923

307 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 786 km

Derral R. Herbst

8 islands · Jun – Jul 1988

Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, June – July 1988

379 specimens · 14 stops · 29 days · 1,696 km

Wayne N. Takeuchi

8 islands · Jun – Jul 1980

Wayne N. Takeuchi across 8 islands, June – July 1980

200 specimens · 12 stops · 29 days · 1,582 km

Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991

Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, June – July 1991

483 specimens · 6 stops · 17 days · 2,239 km

P.S. Vroom

6 islands · Aug – Oct 2002

P.S. Vroom across 6 islands, August – October 2002

215 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 8,208 km

Mrs Hughes

7 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002

Mrs Hughes across 7 islands of the United States, September – October 2002

122 specimens · 13 stops · 27 days · 2,889 km

C. Squair

Hawaiʻi Island and Mokumanamana · Oct – Nov 2005

C. Squair in Hawaiʻi Island and Mokumanamana, October – November 2005

109 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days · 1,073 km

Erling Christophersen

8 islands · Jun – Sep 1924

Erling Christophersen across 8 islands, June – September 1924

81 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 1977

73 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,615 km

K.N. Page

6 islands of the United States · 14–30 Jul 2003

K.N. Page across 6 islands of the United States, 14–30 July 2003

85 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days · 1,262 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.