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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. 34 journeys so far, 1903 to 1938, 15,597 specimens between them.

7 collectors and expeditions407 days in the field35,751 km between stops15,322 photographed specimens

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

26 islands · Apr – Oct 1934

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. across 26 islands, April – October 1934

3,369 specimens · 39 stops · 184 days · 14,736 km

Charles Montague Cooke Jr. III

17 islands · May – Oct 1934

Charles Montague Cooke Jr. III across 17 islands, May – October 1934

3,597 specimens · 25 stops · 140 days · 5,629 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi · 5–20 Feb 1919

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, 5–20 February 1919

655 specimens · 9 stops · 16 days · 64 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi · Jul – Aug 1912

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, July – August 1912

589 specimens · 9 stops · 32 days · 196 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

3 islands of Fiji · 7–26 Jul 1938

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Viti Levu, Ovalau and Fiji, 7–26 July 1938

560 specimens · 9 stops · 20 days · 3,777 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Jun 1915

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – June 1915

671 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 131 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 1913

422 specimens · 10 stops · 45 days · 815 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

3 islands · Feb – Mar 1926

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Tutuila, Tau and Ofu, February – March 1926

577 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 150 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi · 13–20 Jul 1933

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, 13–20 July 1933

490 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 178 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi · Oct – Nov 1903

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, October – November 1903

355 specimens · 15 stops · 39 days · 688 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

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

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1930

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, September – October 1930

323 specimens · 5 stops · 23 days · 140 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi · 8–13 Mar 1916

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, 8–13 March 1916

433 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 8 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1915

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, February – March 1915

275 specimens · 4 stops · 42 days · 51 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1922

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, September – October 1922

348 specimens · 3 stops · 21 days · 35 km

Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others

3 islands · Sep – Oct 1934

Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others in Raiatea, Moorea and Tahiti, September – October 1934

311 specimens · 3 stops · 18 days · 225 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

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi · 6–18 Jul 1907

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, 6–18 July 1907

251 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 22 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi · 1–11 Oct 1911

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, 1–11 October 1911

168 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 311 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Maui and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1933

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Maui and Kauaʻi, April – May 1933

183 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 348 km

Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others

3 islands · May – Jun 1934

Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others in Pitcairn Island, Tauna and Henderson Island, May – June 1934

148 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 834 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Maui · 1–18 Feb 1904

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Maui, 1–18 February 1904

120 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days · 119 km

Thos. Cooke

Molokaʻi · 1–25 Jul 1924

Thos. Cooke in Molokaʻi, 1–25 July 1924

125 specimens · 3 stops · 25 days · 9 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.