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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. 46 journeys so far, 1990 to 1999, 5,705 specimens between them.

31 collectors and expeditions621 days in the field195,999 km between stops3,108 photographed specimens

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46 journeys match

J.A. McDonald

7 islands · Apr – Sep 1994

J.A. McDonald across 7 islands, April – September 1994

359 specimens · 33 stops · 154 days · 3,611 km

Kenneth R. Wood

8 islands · Jul – Dec 1995

Kenneth R. Wood across 8 islands, July – December 1995

447 specimens · 35 stops · 139 days · 32,262 km

Steven Perlman

9 islands · Aug – Dec 1995

Steven Perlman across 9 islands, August – December 1995

320 specimens · 39 stops · 137 days · 51,778 km

Steven Perlman

4 islands of the United States · Mar – Oct 1991

Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, March – October 1991

189 specimens · 38 stops · 211 days · 6,398 km

Afrastini Ismail

3 islands · Jun – Aug 1994

Afrastini Ismail in Bali Timur, Bali and Oʻahu, June – August 1994

196 specimens · 18 stops · 86 days · 105 km

Ralph C. DeFelice

Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · 2–19 Nov 1999

Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, 2–19 November 1999

722 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days · 118 km

Kenneth R. Wood

9 islands · Jun – Nov 1997

Kenneth R. Wood across 9 islands, June – November 1997

164 specimens · 33 stops · 139 days · 49,817 km

Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991

Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, June – July 1991

483 specimens · 6 stops · 17 days · 2,239 km

Steven Perlman

7 islands · Jun – Oct 1997

Steven Perlman across 7 islands, June – October 1997

111 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 9,650 km

M.A. Evans

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990

M.A. Evans in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Maui, June – July 1990

142 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 100 km

J.S. Miller

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992

J.S. Miller in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992

152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km

M. Merello

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992

M. Merello in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992

152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km

L.M. Hodgson

3 islands · Oct – Nov 1994

L.M. Hodgson in Ant Atoll, Maui and Pohnpei, October – November 1994

134 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 5,292 km

C.R. Annable

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1998

C.R. Annable across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1998

97 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 1,111 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands · Jan – Feb 1991

Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Mbanika and Oʻahu, January – February 1991

168 specimens · 6 stops · 29 days · 230 km

M. Kiehn

5 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1990

M. Kiehn across 5 islands of the United States, July – September 1990

60 specimens · 16 stops · 65 days · 1,646 km

P. Welton

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Jul 1990

P. Welton in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – July 1990

61 specimens · 17 stops · 51 days · 459 km

E. Gibney

Oʻahu · Dec 1997 – Apr 1998

E. Gibney in Oʻahu, December 1997 – April 1998

43 specimens · 32 stops · 103 days · 755 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

David Palmer

Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Jul 1992

David Palmer in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – July 1992

62 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 338 km

L.M. Hodgson

Maui and Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1994

L.M. Hodgson in Maui and Oʻahu, March – April 1994

64 specimens · 7 stops · 34 days · 287 km

H. Van Sickle

Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1997

H. Van Sickle in Oʻahu, January – March 1997

52 specimens · 8 stops · 69 days · 717 km

Betsy H. Gagne

Maui and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1991

Betsy H. Gagne in Maui and Kauaʻi, April – May 1991

48 specimens · 10 stops · 43 days · 706 km

Keith D.P. Wilson

3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1994

Keith D.P. Wilson in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, May – June 1994

55 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 459 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.