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
Hank L. Oppenheimer
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Nov 2006 – Jan 2007
Hank L. Oppenheimer in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, November 2006 – January 200753 specimens · 3 stops · 40 days · 47 km
C.T. Imada
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2002
C.T. Imada in Maui, Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, July – August 200255 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 420 km
Vander Velde
3 islands of the Marshall Islands · 20–27 Oct 2009
Vander Velde in Namdrik Island, Madmad Island and Near Madmad, 20–27 October 200942 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
L.M. Crago
3 islands of the United States · 2–11 Aug 2005
L.M. Crago in Kauaʻi, Maui and Oʻahu, 2–11 August 200552 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 371 km
Jim Space
9 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
Jim Space across 9 islands, March – April 200844 specimens · 6 stops · 8 days
Kenneth R. Wood
3 islands of French Polynesia · Nov – Dec 2003
Kenneth R. Wood in Ua Huka, Ua Pou and Huahine, November – December 200352 specimens · 11 stops · 28 days · 1,630 km
J.M. Huisman
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Mar – May 2002
J.M. Huisman in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, March – May 200240 specimens · 10 stops · 69 days · 865 km
B. Ekiek
Pohnpei · Nov – Dec 2002
B. Ekiek in Pohnpei, November – December 200255 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days · 303 km
Masatomi Suzuki
4 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
Masatomi Suzuki across 4 islands of Tonga, 20–29 September 200151 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days
C.F. Puttock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2002
C.F. Puttock in Maui, Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 200240 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 210 km
D. Ama
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 2005
D. Ama in New Guinea, August – September 200554 specimens · 4 stops · 20 days · 220 km
Al. Towati
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 2005
Al. Towati in New Guinea, August – September 200554 specimens · 4 stops · 20 days · 220 km
J.D. Rogers
4 islands of the United States · 4–16 Jan 2000
J.D. Rogers across 4 islands of the United States, 4–16 January 200053 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days · 475 km
B.M. Waterhouse
7 islands of Palau · 4–19 Dec 2002
B.M. Waterhouse across 7 islands of Palau, 4–19 December 200250 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 19,441 km
L. Stewart
the United States · Apr – Jul 2009
L. Stewart in the United States, April – July 200945 specimens · 8 stops · 71 days · 452 km
Johnson Randall
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jul – Aug 2002
Johnson Randall in New Britain, Duke Of York and Ulu Island, July – August 200248 specimens · 10 stops · 34 days · 572 km
David H. Lorence
Ua Pou and Ua Huka · 11–22 Jun 2004
David H. Lorence in Ua Pou and Ua Huka, 11–22 June 200461 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days · 794 km
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
the United States · 14–21 Jun 2000
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, 14–21 June 200077 specimens · 5 stops · 8 days · 1,217 km
F. Tokelau
3 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
F. Tokelau in Vava'U, Nuapapu Island and Tongatapu Island, 20–29 September 200149 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
P.S. Vroom
Maro Reef and Mokumanamana · 3–9 Sep 2006
P.S. Vroom in Maro Reef and Mokumanamana, 3–9 September 200644 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 655 km
K. Shultz
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 13–28 Sep 2000
K. Shultz in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 13–28 September 200083 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days · 352 km
C.T. Imada
Kauaʻi and Maui · 2–11 Aug 2005
C.T. Imada in Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–11 August 200547 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days · 371 km
S. Satini
3 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
S. Satini in Vava'U, Nuapapu Island and Tongatapu Island, 20–29 September 200148 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
W.R. Sykes
Tanna and Efate · 12–22 Jul 2003
W.R. Sykes in Tanna and Efate, 12–22 July 200349 specimens · 10 stops · 11 days · 234 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.