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. 25 journeys so far, 1990 to 1999, 3,225 specimens between them.
18 collectors and expeditions335 days in the field134,461 km between stops1,508 photographed specimens
25 journeys match
Kenneth R. Wood
8 islands · Jul – Dec 1995
Kenneth R. Wood across 8 islands, July – December 1995447 specimens · 35 stops · 139 days · 32,262 km
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



Robert H. Cowie
Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island · 3–16 Mar 1998
Robert H. Cowie in Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, 3–16 March 1998511 specimens · 12 stops · 14 days
John L. Earle
7 islands · Jul – Sep 1991
John L. Earle across 7 islands, July – September 1991180 specimens · 19 stops · 78 days · 2,979 km
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jul – Sep 1991
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, July – September 1991189 specimens · 17 stops · 61 days · 15,392 km
M. Merello
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992
M. Merello in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km
J.S. Miller
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992
J.S. Miller in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 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
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1991
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Mbanika and Oʻahu, January – February 1991168 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 199060 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 199061 specimens · 17 stops · 51 days · 459 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 199455 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 459 km
David Palmer
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Jul 1991
David Palmer in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – July 199145 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 376 km
Derral R. Herbst
8 islands · May – Jun 1994
Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, May – June 199465 specimens · 7 stops · 44 days · 16,541 km
Ronald A. Englund
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Jun 1998
Ronald A. Englund in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 199848 specimens · 21 stops · 119 days · 459 km
E.J. Funk
Hawaiʻi Island and Palau · Nov – Dec 1990
E.J. Funk in Hawaiʻi Island and Palau, November – December 199078 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
George W. Staples III
Hawaiʻi Island · 9–13 Jan 1991
George W. Staples III in Hawaiʻi Island, 9–13 January 199180 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
David Palmer
3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1994
David Palmer in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, May – June 199451 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 357 km
Mary Ann Lee
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – May 1990
Mary Ann Lee in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 199045 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 459 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands · Feb – Apr 1992
Derral R. Herbst in Palmyra Atoll, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – April 199247 specimens · 6 stops · 41 days · 1,763 km
E.J. Funk
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–12 Nov 1991
E.J. Funk in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–12 November 199147 specimens · 3 stops · 12 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
E.J. Funk
Sri Lanka and Hawaiʻi Island · 9–18 Dec 1992
E.J. Funk in Sri Lanka and Hawaiʻi Island, 9–18 December 199244 specimens · 2 stops · 10 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.
