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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. 139 journeys so far, 1980 to 1990, 19,401 specimens between them.

74 collectors and expeditions1,890 days in the field556,292 km between stops12,266 photographed specimens

B. Tate

Oʻahu · Jun – Sep 1985

B. Tate in Oʻahu, June – September 1985

141 specimens · 18 stops · 99 days

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

M.E. Leu

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – Jun 1988

M.E. Leu in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, April – June 1988

283 specimens · 10 stops · 70 days · 1,397 km

R.J. Baker

Oʻahu · Nov 1989 – Jan 1990

R.J. Baker in Oʻahu, November 1989 – January 1990

345 specimens · 7 stops · 45 days

Otto Degener

5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981

Otto Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981

122 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km

M.E. Leu

3 islands of the United States · Dec 1988 – Mar 1989

M.E. Leu in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Maui, December 1988 – March 1989

235 specimens · 13 stops · 99 days · 1,105 km

J.E. Lewis

3 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1984

J.E. Lewis in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Maui, March – May 1984

129 specimens · 12 stops · 90 days · 948 km

Isa Degener

5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981

Isa Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981

115 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km

Johnson Randall

8 islands · Jun – Sep 1986

Johnson Randall across 8 islands, June – September 1986

167 specimens · 23 stops · 68 days · 75,616 km

Thomas G. Lammers

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984

Thomas G. Lammers in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, June – July 1984

115 specimens · 14 stops · 36 days · 403 km

C. Corn

3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1980

C. Corn in Kahoʻolawe, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, March – April 1980

171 specimens · 5 stops · 30 days · 902 km

Steven L. Montgomery

5 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1987

Steven L. Montgomery across 5 islands of the United States, May – September 1987

89 specimens · 15 stops · 102 days · 1,657 km

Wayne N. Takeuchi

Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – May 1989

Wayne N. Takeuchi in Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 1989

164 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 122 km

S.W. Mill

Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 5–31 Aug 1983

S.W. Mill in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 5–31 August 1983

126 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 254 km

L.W. Cuddihy

Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi · 9–25 Apr 1980

L.W. Cuddihy in Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi, 9–25 April 1980

142 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 434 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

David H. Lorence

Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1987

David H. Lorence in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1987

158 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 220 km

Thomas G. Lammers

3 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 1983

Thomas G. Lammers in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, August – September 1983

116 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 741 km

D. Paquin

Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1986

D. Paquin in Oʻahu, August – October 1986

79 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days

Paul K. Higashino

Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1984

Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 1984

112 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 132 km

M.S. Allen

Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1984

M.S. Allen in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 1984

111 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 132 km

D. Paquin

Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1986

D. Paquin in Oʻahu, November – December 1986

95 specimens · 7 stops · 49 days · 268 km

C. Corn

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1984

C. Corn in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, March – May 1984

82 specimens · 8 stops · 59 days · 1,148 km

Warren L. Wagner Jr.

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983

Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 1983

102 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 224 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.