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. 27 journeys so far, 1913 to 2005, 4,657 specimens between them.
23 collectors and expeditions305 days in the field57,401 km between stops3,966 photographed specimens
27 journeys match
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Dec 1930 – May 1931
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, Kahoʻolawe and Tutuila, December 1930 – May 1931529 specimens · 26 stops · 149 days · 9,626 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913422 specimens · 10 stops · 45 days · 815 km
Pils
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1913
Pils across 4 islands, January – March 1913362 specimens · 13 stops · 54 days · 1,100 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1988
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1988306 specimens · 22 stops · 64 days · 933 km
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1913
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1913309 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 556 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
3 islands · May – Jul 1925
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Maui, Kahoʻolawe and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, May – July 1925281 specimens · 9 stops · 53 days · 270 km
Robert Hobdy
17 islands · Apr – Aug 1982
Robert Hobdy across 17 islands, April – August 1982250 specimens · 24 stops · 106 days · 16,977 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
3 islands · May – Jul 1925
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Maui, Kahoʻolawe and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, May – July 1925240 specimens · 9 stops · 53 days · 276 km
H.A. Pilsbry
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913
H.A. Pilsbry across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913189 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 1,191 km
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
C. Corn
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1980
C. Corn in Kahoʻolawe, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, March – April 1980171 specimens · 5 stops · 30 days · 902 km
Derral R. Herbst
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1978
Derral R. Herbst across 6 islands of the United States, July – September 197897 specimens · 10 stops · 65 days · 2,116 km
L.W. Cuddihy
Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi · 9–25 Apr 1980
L.W. Cuddihy in Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi, 9–25 April 1980142 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 434 km
C. Corn
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · Jan – Mar 1978
C. Corn in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, January – March 1978109 specimens · 6 stops · 82 days · 283 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kahoʻolawe and Maui · 1–19 Feb 1931
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kahoʻolawe and Maui, 1–19 February 1931102 specimens · 9 stops · 19 days · 26 km
G. Clarke
3 islands of the United States · 9–25 Apr 1980
G. Clarke in Kahoʻolawe, Kauaʻi and Maui, 9–25 April 1980125 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 403 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands · Jan – Feb 2003
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands, January – February 2003108 specimens · 16 stops · 30 days · 11,438 km
W.P. Char
Kahoʻolawe · 21–25 Apr 1980
W.P. Char in Kahoʻolawe, 21–25 April 1980128 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 54 km
Paul K. Higashino
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · Oct – Nov 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, October – November 197667 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 151 km
Forest Starr
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · 8–25 Feb 2005
Forest Starr in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, 8–25 February 200571 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 75 km
Kim Starr
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · 8–25 Feb 2005
Kim Starr in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, 8–25 February 200571 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 75 km
W.P. Char
Kahoʻolawe and Hawaiʻi Island · 21–26 Nov 1978
W.P. Char in Kahoʻolawe and Hawaiʻi Island, 21–26 November 197869 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days
R. Okano
Maui and Kahoʻolawe · 10–17 Aug 2000
R. Okano in Maui and Kahoʻolawe, 10–17 August 200099 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days · 97 km
K. Schultz
5 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 2000
K. Schultz across 5 islands of the United States, August – September 200066 specimens · 5 stops · 38 days · 1,010 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.