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
Steven Perlman
4 islands · Mar – May 2007
Steven Perlman across 4 islands, March – May 200777 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 200753 specimens · 10 stops · 37 days · 644 km
P.E. Eperiam
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
P.E. Eperiam in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200654 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 780 km
A. Mouly
5 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2004
A. Mouly across 5 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200460 specimens · 17 stops · 37 days · 1,785 km
Hank L. Oppenheimer
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Jun 2007
Hank L. Oppenheimer in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – June 200748 specimens · 10 stops · 81 days · 160 km
David H. Lorence
17 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
David H. Lorence across 17 islands, March – April 200872 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 682 km
L.M. Hodgson
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct – Nov 2000
L.M. Hodgson in Oʻahu and Maui, October – November 200057 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 711 km
T. Triono
New Guinea and Papua · Apr – May 2000
T. Triono in New Guinea and Papua, April – May 200054 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days · 393 km
L.M. Crago
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 2005
L.M. Crago in Oʻahu, October – December 200555 specimens · 7 stops · 56 days · 511 km
Stephen L. Coles
3 islands · May – Jun 2000
Stephen L. Coles in Johnston Island, Sand Island and Molokaʻi, May – June 2000219 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 3,552 km
L.B. Preskitt
Rose Atoll and Swains Island · 11–26 Feb 2002
L.B. Preskitt in Rose Atoll and Swains Island, 11–26 February 200272 specimens · 7 stops · 16 days · 1,020 km
K. Shultz
Maui and Kauaʻi · Jan – Feb 2001
K. Shultz in Maui and Kauaʻi, January – February 2001189 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 338 km
T. Watanabe
5 islands of the Solomon Islands · Dec 2008 – Feb 2009
T. Watanabe across 5 islands of the Solomon Islands, December 2008 – February 200973 specimens · 14 stops · 45 days · 1,608 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands · Aug – Sep 2000
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands, August – September 2000123 specimens · 5 stops · 29 days · 844 km
L.M. Giuseffi
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 2007
L.M. Giuseffi in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 2007169 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 92 km
Pakki A. Reath
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003
Pakki A. Reath in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 June 2003258 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Liloa Dunn
4 islands of French Polynesia · Nov – Dec 2003
Liloa Dunn across 4 islands of French Polynesia, November – December 200394 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 1,902 km
Masatomi Suzuki
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
Masatomi Suzuki in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200096 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
L.M. Hodgson
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 2000
L.M. Hodgson in Oʻahu, Maui and Midway Atoll, January – March 200042 specimens · 10 stops · 64 days · 2,463 km
C.B. Lewis
6 islands · Sep – Oct 2008
C.B. Lewis across 6 islands, September – October 200854 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 2,618 km
A. Dores
Pohnpei · Aug – Nov 2003
A. Dores in Pohnpei, August – November 200395 specimens · 4 stops · 98 days · 474 km
Forest Starr
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · 8–25 Feb 2005
Forest Starr in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, 8–25 February 200571 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 75 km
Kim Starr
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · 8–25 Feb 2005
Kim Starr in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, 8–25 February 200571 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 75 km
Forest Starr
Midway Atoll · 1–11 Jun 2008
Forest Starr in Midway Atoll, 1–11 June 200852 specimens · 9 stops · 11 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.