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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. 38 journeys so far, 1990 to 1999, 5,513 specimens between them.

26 collectors and expeditions579 days in the field197,104 km between stops1,726 photographed specimens

D. Atha

Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1996

D. Atha in Oʻahu, October – November 1996

44 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days · 689 km

John L. Earle

6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Nov – Dec 1995

John L. Earle across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, November – December 1995

89 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 6,860 km

Ronald A. Englund

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Jun 1998

Ronald A. Englund in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 1998

48 specimens · 21 stops · 119 days · 459 km

Derral R. Herbst

Oʻahu · Nov 1992 – Jan 1993

Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, November 1992 – January 1993

46 specimens · 5 stops · 47 days · 243 km

Johnson Randall

7 islands of Papua New Guinea · Nov – Dec 1995

Johnson Randall across 7 islands of Papua New Guinea, November – December 1995

74 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days · 7,022 km

Mary Ann Lee

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – May 1990

Mary Ann Lee in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 1990

45 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 1992

47 specimens · 6 stops · 41 days · 1,763 km

B.K. Kirchoff

Oʻahu · 7–20 Jun 1991

B.K. Kirchoff in Oʻahu, 7–20 June 1991

54 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days

Frank A. Parrish

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990

Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1990

91 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 978 km

Richard L. Pyle

Midway Atoll and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1991

Richard L. Pyle in Midway Atoll and Oʻahu, September – October 1991

47 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 2,081 km

D. Orr

Oʻahu · 16–23 Dec 1994

D. Orr in Oʻahu, 16–23 December 1994

52 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days

Frank A. Parrish

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991

Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1991

50 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 353 km

Ralph C. DeFelice

Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1998

Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu, July – August 1998

54 specimens · 2 stops · 30 days · 28 km

Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC

Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1996

Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, June – July 1996

71 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 134 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.