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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. 33 journeys so far, 1902 to 2008, 6,855 specimens between them.

25 collectors and expeditions650 days in the field210,581 km between stops4,243 photographed specimens

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33 journeys match

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

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

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

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

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

station

16 islands · Jul – Dec 1955

station, July – December 1955

196 specimens · 82 stops · 144 days · 48,394 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

John L. Earle

7 islands · Jul – Sep 1991

John L. Earle across 7 islands, July – September 1991

180 specimens · 19 stops · 78 days · 2,979 km

Johnson Randall

8 islands · Jul – Sep 1991

Johnson Randall across 8 islands, July – September 1991

189 specimens · 17 stops · 61 days · 15,392 km

Sheila Conant

5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983

Sheila Conant across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 1983

90 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days · 1,048 km

C.H. Lamoureux

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1962

C.H. Lamoureux in Molokaʻi, Maui and Midway Atoll, June – July 1962

151 specimens · 4 stops · 36 days · 2,230 km

C.H. Lamoureux

5 islands of the United States · 1–14 Sep 1961

C.H. Lamoureux across 5 islands of the United States, 1–14 September 1961

109 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 1,751 km

V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30

9 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1955

V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30, July – August 1955

99 specimens · 35 stops · 43 days · 13,037 km

Edward Leonard Caum

7 islands · 1–28 Apr 1923

Edward Leonard Caum across 7 islands, 1–28 April 1923

78 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 2,863 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

Ralph C. DeFelice

Oʻahu and Midway Atoll · Aug – Nov 1997

Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu and Midway Atoll, August – November 1997

180 specimens · 3 stops · 78 days · 4,219 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

5 islands · Mar – Jun 1915

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 5 islands, March – June 1915

58 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 11,034 km

H.J. Fortner

6 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984

H.J. Fortner across 6 islands of the United States, June – July 1984

67 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 2,689 km

C.H. Lamoureux

4 islands · 6–17 Dec 1962

C.H. Lamoureux across 4 islands, 6–17 December 1962

93 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days

H.J. Fortner

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1983

H.J. Fortner in Midway Atoll, Sand Island and Oʻahu, June – July 1983

89 specimens · 4 stops · 24 days

H.J. Fortner

4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1984

H.J. Fortner across 4 islands of the United States, October – November 1984

51 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 29,869 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.