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. 242 journeys so far, 1980 to 1990, 32,345 specimens between them.
129 collectors and expeditions3,479 days in the field873,347 km between stops19,611 photographed specimens
242 journeys match
Jacques Florence
Nuku Hiva and Moorea · Jul – Aug 1987
Jacques Florence in Nuku Hiva and Moorea, July – August 1987128 specimens · 11 stops · 62 days · 4,316 km
S.W. Mill
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 5–31 Aug 1983
S.W. Mill in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 5–31 August 1983126 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 254 km
D. Mueller-Dombois
3 islands of New Caledonia · 6–19 Aug 1981
D. Mueller-Dombois in New Caledonia, Grande-Terre and Isle Of Pines, 6–19 August 1981199 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
6 islands · Oct – Dec 1989
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 6 islands, October – December 1989103 specimens · 14 stops · 61 days · 893 km
L.W. Cuddihy
Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi · 9–25 Apr 1980
L.W. Cuddihy in Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi, 9–25 April 1980142 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 198390 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days · 1,048 km
W. Greuter
Australia · Sep – Oct 1988
W. Greuter in Australia, September – October 198864 specimens · 26 stops · 53 days
Jacques Florence
4 islands of French Polynesia · Apr – Jun 1984
Jacques Florence across 4 islands of French Polynesia, April – June 1984147 specimens · 7 stops · 63 days · 9,717 km
P.H. Birnbaum
4 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Nov 1988
P.H. Birnbaum across 4 islands of French Polynesia, September – November 1988110 specimens · 13 stops · 79 days · 698 km
David H. Lorence
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1987
David H. Lorence in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1987158 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 1983116 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 741 km
D. Paquin
Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1986
D. Paquin in Oʻahu, August – October 198679 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 1984112 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 1984111 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 132 km
H. Okada
3 islands of Japan · 7–21 Mar 1982
H. Okada in Iriomote Island, Ishigaki Island and Iriomote, 7–21 March 198287 specimens · 12 stops · 15 days
D. Paquin
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1986
D. Paquin in Oʻahu, November – December 198695 specimens · 7 stops · 49 days · 268 km
K.U. Kramer
Australia · Sep – Oct 1986
K.U. Kramer in Australia, September – October 198673 specimens · 13 stops · 35 days
C. Corn
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1984
C. Corn in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, March – May 198482 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 1983102 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 224 km
Derral R. Herbst
Oʻahu · Dec 1989 – Mar 1990
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, December 1989 – March 199067 specimens · 13 stops · 78 days · 253 km
T. Koponen
3 islands · May – Jul 1981
T. Koponen in Papua, New Guinea and Morobe Province, May – July 198151 specimens · 26 stops · 80 days
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Dec 1982
Wayne N. Takeuchi in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, September – December 198279 specimens · 8 stops · 68 days · 254 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Kauaʻi · 26–31 Aug 1983
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Kauaʻi, 26–31 August 1983131 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
A. Takahashi
3 islands of Japan · 7–21 Mar 1982
A. Takahashi in Iriomote Island, Ishigaki Island and Iriomote, 7–21 March 198281 specimens · 12 stops · 15 days
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.