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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. 31 journeys so far, 2000 to 2009, 6,018 specimens between them.

16 collectors and expeditions280 days in the field41,504 km between stops2,482 photographed specimens

R. Okano

4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 2000

R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 2000

654 specimens · 14 stops · 67 days · 2,034 km

R. Okano

4 islands of the United States · Apr – Jul 2003

R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, April – July 2003

276 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 2,513 km

Kenneth R. Wood

4 islands of the United States · Mar – May 2005

Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of the United States, March – May 2005

202 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 2,044 km

Steven Perlman

7 islands · Jan – Apr 2009

Steven Perlman across 7 islands, January – April 2009

157 specimens · 25 stops · 94 days · 15,389 km

C.F. Puttock

4 islands of the United States · May – Jun 2000

C.F. Puttock across 4 islands of the United States, May – June 2000

361 specimens · 8 stops · 30 days · 843 km

Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.

4 islands of the United States · May – Jun 2000

Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, May – June 2000

357 specimens · 8 stops · 30 days · 843 km

C. Squair

Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 2005

C. Squair in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 2005

350 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 451 km

L.M. Crago

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Mar 2005

L.M. Crago in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – March 2005

144 specimens · 11 stops · 77 days · 893 km

C.F. Puttock

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 6–24 May 2001

C.F. Puttock in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 6–24 May 2001

364 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 258 km

R. Okano

3 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 2000

R. Okano in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, January – February 2000

355 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 223 km

Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 7–25 May 2001

Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 7–25 May 2001

361 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 853 km

C. Squair

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 2006

C. Squair in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – August 2006

205 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 113 km

C.F. Puttock

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2001

C.F. Puttock in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 2001

267 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 508 km

Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2001

Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 2001

263 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 508 km

Steven Perlman

4 islands · Jan – Feb 2003

Steven Perlman across 4 islands, January – February 2003

124 specimens · 14 stops · 50 days · 6,562 km

C. Squair

Hawaiʻi Island and Mokumanamana · Oct – Nov 2005

C. Squair in Hawaiʻi Island and Mokumanamana, October – November 2005

109 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days · 1,073 km

Pakki A. Reath

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Mar – Apr 2003

Pakki A. Reath in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, March – April 2003

271 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 260 km

R. Okano

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Apr – May 2001

R. Okano in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, April – May 2001

106 specimens · 5 stops · 21 days · 230 km

George W. Staples III

Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2007

George W. Staples III in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 2007

70 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 495 km

Steven Perlman

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 2007

Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 2007

53 specimens · 10 stops · 37 days · 644 km

Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.

4 islands · Aug – Sep 2000

Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands, August – September 2000

123 specimens · 5 stops · 29 days · 844 km

Pakki A. Reath

Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003

Pakki A. Reath in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 June 2003

258 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days

L. Marrack

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 2006

L. Marrack in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – August 2006

75 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days · 113 km

S.A. James

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 5–18 Aug 2004

S.A. James in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 5–18 August 2004

82 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 230 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.