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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. 15 journeys so far, 1966 to 1988, 3,315 specimens between them.

1 collectors and expeditions410 days in the field57,289 km between stops2,845 photographed specimens

Derral R. Herbst

7 islands of the United States · Jan – Sep 1968

Derral R. Herbst across 7 islands of the United States, January – September 1968

615 specimens · 67 stops · 243 days · 5,686 km

Derral R. Herbst

12 islands · Dec 1971 – Aug 1972

Derral R. Herbst across 12 islands, December 1971 – August 1972

634 specimens · 53 stops · 263 days · 25,096 km

Derral R. Herbst

5 islands of the United States · Feb – Oct 1975

Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, February – October 1975

345 specimens · 58 stops · 242 days · 4,870 km

Derral R. Herbst

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1971

Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – November 1971

289 specimens · 38 stops · 153 days · 2,219 km

Derral R. Herbst

5 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1976

Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, January – May 1976

285 specimens · 26 stops · 108 days · 1,983 km

Derral R. Herbst

4 islands of the United States · Feb – May 1973

Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, February – May 1973

186 specimens · 22 stops · 93 days · 1,628 km

Derral R. Herbst

Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Feb – Jun 1966

Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, February – June 1966

143 specimens · 23 stops · 124 days · 935 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Feb – Jul 1967

Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, February – July 1967

135 specimens · 25 stops · 141 days · 459 km

Derral R. Herbst

5 islands · Feb – Apr 1988

Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, February – April 1988

201 specimens · 16 stops · 49 days · 7,903 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1973

Derral R. Herbst in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, July – August 1973

122 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 1,166 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 1978

97 specimens · 10 stops · 65 days · 2,116 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1978

Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, April – June 1978

102 specimens · 6 stops · 43 days · 778 km

Derral R. Herbst

Kauaʻi and Maui · Nov 1972 – Feb 1973

Derral R. Herbst in Kauaʻi and Maui, November 1972 – February 1973

58 specimens · 11 stops · 79 days · 768 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1975

Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November – December 1975

63 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days · 484 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Dec 1969 – Feb 1970

Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, December 1969 – February 1970

40 specimens · 15 stops · 84 days · 1,198 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.