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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. 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

Kim Starr

Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · 8–25 Feb 2005

Kim Starr in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, 8–25 February 2005

71 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 2005

71 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 75 km

Kim Starr

Midway Atoll · 1–11 Jun 2008

Kim Starr in Midway Atoll, 1–11 June 2008

52 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days

Forest Starr

Midway Atoll · 1–11 Jun 2008

Forest Starr in Midway Atoll, 1–11 June 2008

52 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days

C.J. Cianchini

Kosrae · 15–25 Mar 2009

C.J. Cianchini in Kosrae, 15–25 March 2009

62 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 4,425 km

B.M. Waterhouse

9 islands · Mar – Apr 2000

B.M. Waterhouse across 9 islands, March – April 2000

79 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 2,751 km

R. Newbold

4 islands · 16–28 Mar 2000

R. Newbold across 4 islands, 16–28 March 2000

75 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 2006

76 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 568 km

F. Sohl

Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006

F. Sohl in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 2006

41 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 2003

88 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 3,739 km

B. Williamson

New Caledonia · 5–16 Aug 2003

B. Williamson in New Caledonia, 5–16 August 2003

88 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 2003

153 specimens · 3 stops · 7 days · 157 km

Clay Trauernicht

7 islands · Jan – Feb 2008

Clay Trauernicht across 7 islands, January – February 2008

45 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 94 km

Margaret Clark

Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 2007

Margaret Clark in Kauaʻi, September – October 2007

42 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 2000

45 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 2002

67 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 2001

78 specimens · 9 stops · 10 days

L. Marrack

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 2006

L. Marrack in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – August 2006

75 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 2008

74 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 213 km

HWN Island Harbor Survey

Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003

HWN Island Harbor Survey, 23–28 June 2003

209 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days

Stephen L. Coles

Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003

Stephen L. Coles in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 June 2003

209 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days

T.J. Motley

4 islands · Mar – May 2002

T.J. Motley across 4 islands, March – May 2002

81 specimens · 4 stops · 67 days · 5,882 km

S.R. Hill

Australia · 13–28 Mar 2004

S.R. Hill in Australia, 13–28 March 2004

47 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 2004

84 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.