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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. 42 journeys so far, 1980 to 1989, 6,894 specimens between them.

30 collectors and expeditions795 days in the field107,764 km between stops4,768 photographed specimens

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

Steven Perlman

6 islands of the United States · Jan 1987 – Jan 1988

Steven Perlman across 6 islands of the United States, January 1987 – January 1988

387 specimens · 89 stops · 373 days · 2,461 km

F.R. Warshauer

Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Aug 1980

F.R. Warshauer in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – August 1980

511 specimens · 33 stops · 119 days · 847 km

Paul K. Higashino

4 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1980

Paul K. Higashino across 4 islands of the United States, May – August 1980

421 specimens · 25 stops · 98 days · 946 km

P.H. McEldowney

Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Aug 1980

P.H. McEldowney in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – August 1980

394 specimens · 23 stops · 119 days · 780 km

Warren L. Wagner Jr.

5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1988

Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1988

306 specimens · 22 stops · 64 days · 933 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands · Mar – Jun 1983

Derral R. Herbst in Guam, Oʻahu and Maui, March – June 1983

435 specimens · 21 stops · 80 days · 24,826 km

Alan Holt

Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Aug 1980

Alan Holt in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – August 1980

302 specimens · 13 stops · 104 days · 433 km

Timothy Flynn

Maui · Sep – Nov 1987

Timothy Flynn in Maui, September – November 1987

250 specimens · 18 stops · 65 days · 80 km

Wayne N. Takeuchi

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Oct 1983

Wayne N. Takeuchi in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Maui, July – October 1983

183 specimens · 17 stops · 71 days · 1,520 km

C.T. Imada

3 islands of the United States · 3–14 Mar 1988

C.T. Imada in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, 3–14 March 1988

221 specimens · 12 stops · 12 days · 211 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

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

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

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

R. Gustafson

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983

R. Gustafson in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 1983

98 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 223 km

G. Clarke

3 islands of the United States · 9–25 Apr 1980

G. Clarke in Kahoʻolawe, Kauaʻi and Maui, 9–25 April 1980

125 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 403 km

W.C. Martin

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983

W.C. Martin in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 1983

92 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 223 km

Otto Degener

15 islands · May – Aug 1982

Otto Degener across 15 islands, May – August 1982

71 specimens · 26 stops · 89 days · 26,628 km

S.G. Weller

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985

S.G. Weller in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 1985

74 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 289 km

Thomas G. Lammers

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985

Thomas G. Lammers across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1985

63 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 636 km

Isa Degener

14 islands · May – Aug 1982

Isa Degener across 14 islands, May – August 1982

66 specimens · 25 stops · 81 days · 26,529 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.