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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. 14 journeys so far, 2000 to 2009, 2,007 specimens between them.

10 collectors and expeditions182 days in the field42,901 km between stops1,108 photographed specimens

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. 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

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

Steven Perlman

10 islands · Dec 2007 – Feb 2008

Steven Perlman across 10 islands, December 2007 – February 2008

83 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 7,666 km

Natalia Tangalin

4 islands · Mar – May 2007

Natalia Tangalin across 4 islands, March – May 2007

106 specimens · 13 stops · 50 days · 5,955 km

Steven Perlman

4 islands · Mar – May 2007

Steven Perlman across 4 islands, March – May 2007

77 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 5,611 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

Hank L. Oppenheimer

Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Jun 2007

Hank L. Oppenheimer in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – June 2007

48 specimens · 10 stops · 81 days · 160 km

Stephen L. Coles

3 islands · May – Jun 2000

Stephen L. Coles in Johnston Island, Sand Island and Molokaʻi, May – June 2000

219 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 3,552 km

L.M. Giuseffi

Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 2007

L.M. Giuseffi in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 2007

169 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 92 km

Hank L. Oppenheimer

Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Nov 2006 – Jan 2007

Hank L. Oppenheimer in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, November 2006 – January 2007

53 specimens · 3 stops · 40 days · 47 km

J.D. Rogers

4 islands of the United States · 4–16 Jan 2000

J.D. Rogers across 4 islands of the United States, 4–16 January 2000

53 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days · 475 km

C.F. Puttock

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2000

C.F. Puttock in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 2000

82 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 592 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.