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. 196 journeys so far, 2000 to 2009, 30,751 specimens between them.
109 collectors and expeditions2,118 days in the field500,629 km between stops11,357 photographed specimens
196 journeys match
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
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
Midway Atoll · 1–11 Jun 2008
Kim Starr in Midway Atoll, 1–11 June 200852 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days
Forest Starr
Midway Atoll · 1–11 Jun 2008
Forest Starr in Midway Atoll, 1–11 June 200852 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days
C.J. Cianchini
Kosrae · 15–25 Mar 2009
C.J. Cianchini in Kosrae, 15–25 March 200962 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 4,425 km
B.M. Waterhouse
9 islands · Mar – Apr 2000
B.M. Waterhouse across 9 islands, March – April 200079 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 2,751 km
R. Newbold
4 islands · 16–28 Mar 2000
R. Newbold across 4 islands, 16–28 March 200075 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 3,151 km
R. Okano
3 islands of the United States · 3–13 Aug 2006
R. Okano in Niʻihau, Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi, 3–13 August 200676 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 568 km
F. Sohl
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
F. Sohl in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200641 specimens · 14 stops · 95 days · 1,383 km
J.W. Dawson
New Caledonia · 5–16 Aug 2003
J.W. Dawson in New Caledonia, 5–16 August 200388 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 3,739 km
B. Williamson
New Caledonia · 5–16 Aug 2003
B. Williamson in New Caledonia, 5–16 August 200388 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 3,739 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Lānaʻi · 5–11 Feb 2003
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Lānaʻi, 5–11 February 2003153 specimens · 3 stops · 7 days · 157 km
Clay Trauernicht
7 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
Clay Trauernicht across 7 islands, January – February 200845 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 94 km
Margaret Clark
Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 2007
Margaret Clark in Kauaʻi, September – October 200742 specimens · 9 stops · 36 days · 265 km
O. Kasmin
New Guinea and Papua · Apr – May 2000
O. Kasmin in New Guinea and Papua, April – May 200045 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 272 km
Jim Space
6 islands of the Cook Islands · 12–29 Mar 2002
Jim Space across 6 islands of the Cook Islands, 12–29 March 200267 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 2,644 km
Masatomi Suzuki
3 islands of Tonga · 12–21 Mar 2001
Masatomi Suzuki in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–21 March 200178 specimens · 9 stops · 10 days
L. Marrack
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 2006
L. Marrack in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – August 200675 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days · 113 km
David H. Lorence
9 islands · 15–26 Jan 2008
David H. Lorence across 9 islands, 15–26 January 200874 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 213 km
HWN Island Harbor Survey
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003
HWN Island Harbor Survey, 23–28 June 2003209 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Stephen L. Coles
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003
Stephen L. Coles in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 June 2003209 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
T.J. Motley
4 islands · Mar – May 2002
T.J. Motley across 4 islands, March – May 200281 specimens · 4 stops · 67 days · 5,882 km
S.R. Hill
Australia · 13–28 Mar 2004
S.R. Hill in Australia, 13–28 March 200447 specimens · 7 stops · 16 days
Liloa Dunn
3 islands of French Polynesia · 11–24 Jun 2004
Liloa Dunn in Ua Pou, Ua Huka and Hiva Oa, 11–24 June 200484 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 842 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.
