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. 182 journeys so far, 2000 to 2009, 29,250 specimens between them.
100 collectors and expeditions1,977 days in the field475,735 km between stops11,345 photographed specimens
182 journeys match
Pakki A. Reath
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Mar – Apr 2003
Pakki A. Reath in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, March – April 2003271 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 260 km
Ralph C. DeFelice
Oʻahu · 2–28 Jan 2000
Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu, 2–28 January 2000286 specimens · 3 stops · 27 days · 241 km
Kenneth R. Wood
3 islands · Mar – May 2002
Kenneth R. Wood in Rapa, Easter Island (=Isla De Pascua) and Austral Islands, March – May 2002119 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 57,573 km
Pakki A. Reath
Kauaʻi · 11–16 Nov 2002
Pakki A. Reath in Kauaʻi, 11–16 November 2002294 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 170 km
S.W. Cooper
5 islands of American Samoa · Feb – Mar 2008
S.W. Cooper across 5 islands of American Samoa, February – March 2008101 specimens · 7 stops · 25 days · 760 km
T. Schils
7 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · May – Jun 2007
T. Schils across 7 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, May – June 2007215 specimens · 6 stops · 14 days · 599 km
R. Lengsi
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
R. Lengsi in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200669 specimens · 18 stops · 111 days · 2,523 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands · Jan – Feb 2003
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands, January – February 2003108 specimens · 16 stops · 30 days · 11,438 km
Timothy Flynn
6 islands of the Cook Islands · 12–29 Mar 2002
Timothy Flynn across 6 islands of the Cook Islands, 12–29 March 2002110 specimens · 11 stops · 18 days · 2,765 km
R. Okano
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Apr – May 2001
R. Okano in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, April – May 2001106 specimens · 5 stops · 21 days · 230 km
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George W. Staples III
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2007
George W. Staples III in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 200770 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 495 km
David H. Lorence
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 8–25 Mar 2009
David H. Lorence in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 8–25 March 200993 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 3,025 km
T. Watanabe
6 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Sep 2008
T. Watanabe across 6 islands of the Solomon Islands, July – September 2008128 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 638 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2004
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200494 specimens · 13 stops · 41 days · 1,519 km
A. Dores
Pohnpei · Sep – Dec 2002
A. Dores in Pohnpei, September – December 200299 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days · 791 km
K.N. Page
6 islands of the United States · 14–30 Jul 2003
K.N. Page across 6 islands of the United States, 14–30 July 200385 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days · 1,262 km
M.S. Kim
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 2000 – Feb 2001
M.S. Kim in Maui and Oʻahu, December 2000 – February 2001152 specimens · 4 stops · 45 days · 68 km
Neil Snow
New Caledonia · Jul – Aug 2003
Neil Snow in New Caledonia, July – August 2003108 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 3,739 km
M.A. Vaccarino
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 20–30 Jul 2009
M.A. Vaccarino in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 20–30 July 2009135 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 653 km
Liloa Dunn
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – Apr 2000
Liloa Dunn in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – April 200047 specimens · 16 stops · 71 days · 509 km
Vander Velde
6 islands of the Marshall Islands · 11–20 May 2009
Vander Velde across 6 islands of the Marshall Islands, 11–20 May 200987 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
J.R. Johansen
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 20–30 Jul 2009
J.R. Johansen in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 20–30 July 2009131 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 653 km
K. Shultz
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 4–27 Apr 2001
K. Shultz in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 4–27 April 2001201 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 184 km
W. Law
10 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
W. Law across 10 islands, January – February 200876 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 139 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.