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. 180 journeys so far, 2000 to 2009, 29,002 specimens between them.
101 collectors and expeditions1,971 days in the field470,515 km between stops11,357 photographed specimens
180 journeys match
P.S. Vroom
21 islands · Aug – Sep 2003
P.S. Vroom across 21 islands, August – September 20031,971 specimens · 23 stops · 37 days · 31,356 km
K.N. Page
16 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · Sep – Nov 2005
K.N. Page across 16 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, September – November 20051,365 specimens · 20 stops · 69 days · 37,880 km
K. Shultz
9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002
K. Shultz across 9 islands, September – October 20021,025 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km
K.A. Peyton
9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002
K.A. Peyton across 9 islands, September – October 2002979 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km
K.J. Geisler
7 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2000
K.J. Geisler across 7 islands of the United States, September – October 2000786 specimens · 25 stops · 37 days · 5,446 km
R. Okano
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 2000
R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 2000654 specimens · 14 stops · 67 days · 2,034 km
M.L. Dailer
9 islands · Jan – Mar 2006
M.L. Dailer across 9 islands, January – March 2006800 specimens · 8 stops · 46 days · 3,681 km
Ralph C. DeFelice
Oʻahu · 15–24 Jan 2001
Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu, 15–24 January 20011,187 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days · 639 km
K.N. Page
10 islands · Jan – Feb 2004
K.N. Page across 10 islands, January – February 2004679 specimens · 8 stops · 45 days · 4,821 km
Karla J. McDermid
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
Karla J. McDermid across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002383 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,834 km
B. Stuercke
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
B. Stuercke across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002347 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,838 km
R. Okano
4 islands of the United States · Apr – Jul 2003
R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, April – July 2003276 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 2,513 km
J. Polloi
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
J. Polloi across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002301 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,304 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 2005202 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 2,044 km
A.D. Tribollet
3 islands · Mar – Apr 2006
A.D. Tribollet in Kingman Reef, Jarvis Island and Rose Atoll, March – April 2006546 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 5,032 km
L.M. Hodgson
4 islands of the United States · Feb – May 2001
L.M. Hodgson across 4 islands of the United States, February – May 2001164 specimens · 23 stops · 108 days · 1,950 km
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jan – Apr 2009
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, January – April 2009157 specimens · 25 stops · 94 days · 15,389 km
P.S. Vroom
7 islands · Jan – Mar 2002
P.S. Vroom across 7 islands, January – March 2002348 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 6,339 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 2000361 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 2000357 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 2005350 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 451 km
A. Palmer
4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · 12–22 May 2007
A. Palmer across 4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, 12–22 May 2007230 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 17,156 km
Steven Perlman
9 islands · Sep – Dec 2008
Steven Perlman across 9 islands, September – December 2008122 specimens · 20 stops · 81 days · 10,371 km
Robert H. Cowie
5 islands · Feb – Apr 2001
Robert H. Cowie across 5 islands, February – April 2001353 specimens · 8 stops · 44 days · 8,534 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.