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. 9 journeys so far, 1990 to 1998, 970 specimens between them.
8 collectors and expeditions154 days in the field63,019 km between stops680 photographed specimens
9 journeys match
Steven Perlman
9 islands · Aug – Dec 1995
Steven Perlman across 9 islands, August – December 1995320 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 1991189 specimens · 38 stops · 211 days · 6,398 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 199897 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 1,111 km
M. Kiehn
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1990
M. Kiehn across 5 islands of the United States, July – September 199060 specimens · 16 stops · 65 days · 1,646 km
David Palmer
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Jul 1992
David Palmer in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – July 199262 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 338 km
Betsy H. Gagne
Maui and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1991
Betsy H. Gagne in Maui and Kauaʻi, April – May 199148 specimens · 10 stops · 43 days · 706 km
M. Kato
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 16–29 Oct 1997
M. Kato in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 16–29 October 199752 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 254 km
Robert Hobdy
Kauaʻi · 6–19 Jun 1991
Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi, 6–19 June 199194 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
J.D. Rogers
4 islands of the United States · 4–16 Jan 1996
J.D. Rogers across 4 islands of the United States, 4–16 January 199648 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days · 788 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.