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. 26 journeys so far, 1980 to 1988, 3,855 specimens between them.
19 collectors and expeditions524 days in the field54,679 km between stops3,094 photographed specimens
26 journeys match
Steven Perlman
6 islands of the United States · Jan 1987 – Jan 1988
Steven Perlman across 6 islands of the United States, January 1987 – January 1988387 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 1980511 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 1980421 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 1980394 specimens · 23 stops · 119 days · 780 km
Alan Holt
Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Aug 1980
Alan Holt in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – August 1980302 specimens · 13 stops · 104 days · 433 km
Robert Hobdy
17 islands · Apr – Aug 1982
Robert Hobdy across 17 islands, April – August 1982250 specimens · 24 stops · 106 days · 16,977 km
S.J. Anderson
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – May 1982
S.J. Anderson in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – May 1982153 specimens · 18 stops · 132 days · 578 km
Thomas G. Lammers
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
Thomas G. Lammers in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, June – July 1984115 specimens · 14 stops · 36 days · 403 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
5 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1987
Steven L. Montgomery across 5 islands of the United States, May – September 198789 specimens · 15 stops · 102 days · 1,657 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
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
R. Gustafson
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
R. Gustafson in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 198398 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 223 km
L. Cuddihy Pratt
Molokaʻi · 19–31 May 1982
L. Cuddihy Pratt in Molokaʻi, 19–31 May 198289 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days
W.C. Martin
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
W.C. Martin in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 198392 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 223 km
C. Corn
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1982
C. Corn in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, April – May 1982103 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days · 293 km
F.R. Warshauer
Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · May – Jun 1981
F.R. Warshauer in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, May – June 198162 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days · 236 km
Otto Degener
15 islands · May – Aug 1982
Otto Degener across 15 islands, May – August 198271 specimens · 26 stops · 89 days · 26,628 km
P.H. McEldowney
Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · May – Jun 1981
P.H. McEldowney in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, May – June 198152 specimens · 13 stops · 44 days · 236 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1984
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Maui, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, October – December 198455 specimens · 7 stops · 57 days · 194 km
Robert Hobdy
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1985
Robert Hobdy in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – April 198548 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days · 215 km
Robert Hobdy
3 islands of the United States · 11–20 Feb 1984
Robert Hobdy in Kahoʻolawe, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi, 11–20 February 198443 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days · 249 km
C.T. Imada
Molokaʻi · 12–30 Oct 1986
C.T. Imada in Molokaʻi, 12–30 October 198641 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 29 km
David H. Lorence
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Oct – Nov 1987
David H. Lorence in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, October – November 198751 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days · 217 km
R. Gustafson
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · 17–23 Jul 1984
R. Gustafson in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, 17–23 July 198445 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 239 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.