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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. 21 journeys so far, 1914 to 1995, 6,261 specimens between them.

13 collectors and expeditions404 days in the field35,831 km between stops4,180 photographed specimens

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Jun – Dec 1917

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – December 1917

1,777 specimens · 29 stops · 163 days · 2,815 km

Charles N. Forbes

6 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1919

Charles N. Forbes across 6 islands of the United States, June – September 1919

1,048 specimens · 28 stops · 88 days · 422 km

Gerrit Parmele Wilder

3 islands of the United States · Jul 1930 – Jun 1931

Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Oʻahu, Laysan and Molokaʻi, July 1930 – June 1931

435 specimens · 74 stops · 343 days · 5,041 km

Alastair M. Adamson

Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · May – Jul 1928

Alastair M. Adamson in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, May – July 1928

468 specimens · 12 stops · 50 days · 321 km

Steven L. Montgomery

3 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1979

Steven L. Montgomery in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, May – September 1979

268 specimens · 35 stops · 100 days · 1,207 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · Jun – Jul 1914

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, June – July 1914

303 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 413 km

Alfred F. Judd Jr

Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1925

Alfred F. Judd Jr in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1925

242 specimens · 11 stops · 60 days · 237 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1927

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 1927

243 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 849 km

Otto Herman Swezey

Molokaʻi · May – Sep 1927

Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, May – September 1927

201 specimens · 13 stops · 112 days · 30 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi and Kiritimati · Jul – Aug 1924

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi and Kiritimati, July – August 1924

164 specimens · 6 stops · 35 days · 4,362 km

Joseph F. Rock

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1918

Joseph F. Rock in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, July – September 1918

168 specimens · 8 stops · 67 days · 409 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1947

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 1947

188 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 52 km

Otto Herman Swezey

Maui and Molokaʻi · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929

Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Molokaʻi, December 1928 – February 1929

130 specimens · 11 stops · 61 days · 104 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1914

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 1914

105 specimens · 4 stops · 25 days · 343 km

Otto Herman Swezey

3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1932

Otto Herman Swezey in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 1932

69 specimens · 23 stops · 54 days · 540 km

Otto Herman Swezey

Molokaʻi · 1–23 Dec 1925

Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, 1–23 December 1925

122 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 4 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

5 islands · Feb – Apr 1964

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, February – April 1964

52 specimens · 8 stops · 81 days · 17,676 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 1973

40 specimens · 11 stops · 63 days · 1,004 km

W.D. Perreira

Molokaʻi · Aug – Dec 1994

W.D. Perreira in Molokaʻi, August – December 1994

69 specimens · 9 stops · 105 days

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Molokaʻi · 18–23 Dec 1925

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Molokaʻi, 18–23 December 1925

94 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 2 km

John W. Beardsley

Molokaʻi · Oct – Nov 1995

John W. Beardsley in Molokaʻi, October – November 1995

75 specimens · 3 stops · 21 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.