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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. 18 journeys so far, 2010 to 2018, 1,411 specimens between them.

6 collectors and expeditions202 days in the field35,333 km between stops1,047 photographed specimens

Steven Perlman

5 islands of the United States · Sep 2012 – Mar 2013

Steven Perlman across 5 islands of the United States, September 2012 – March 2013

132 specimens · 40 stops · 170 days · 3,709 km

Steven Perlman

Kauaʻi · Jan – Apr 2015

Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, January – April 2015

91 specimens · 17 stops · 94 days · 13,385 km

Steven Perlman

Kauaʻi and Maui · Apr – Sep 2014

Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi and Maui, April – September 2014

73 specimens · 22 stops · 161 days · 1,352 km

Steven Perlman

4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 2013

Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 2013

75 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 1,476 km

Steven Perlman

Kauaʻi and Maui · Mar – Jul 2017

Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi and Maui, March – July 2017

65 specimens · 17 stops · 126 days

J.R. Shevock

Kauaʻi · 24–29 Jan 2018

J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 24–29 January 2018

121 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days

Steven Perlman

4 islands of the United States · Apr – Jul 2012

Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, April – July 2012

47 specimens · 14 stops · 84 days · 1,122 km

W.Z. Ma

Kauaʻi · 24–29 Jan 2018

W.Z. Ma in Kauaʻi, 24–29 January 2018

99 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days

W.Z. Ma

Kauaʻi · 17–24 Feb 2016

W.Z. Ma in Kauaʻi, 17–24 February 2016

103 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days

J.R. Shevock

Kauaʻi · 17–24 Feb 2016

J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 17–24 February 2016

99 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days

J.R. Shevock

Kauaʻi · 24–29 Sep 2014

J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 24–29 September 2014

92 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days

W.Z. Ma

Kauaʻi · 24–29 Sep 2014

W.Z. Ma in Kauaʻi, 24–29 September 2014

92 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days

J.R. Shevock

Kauaʻi · 22–31 Jan 2015

J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 22–31 January 2015

56 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days

Steven Perlman

Kauaʻi · Sep – Nov 2016

Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, September – November 2016

40 specimens · 8 stops · 37 days

J.C. Game

Kauaʻi · 17–23 Feb 2016

J.C. Game in Kauaʻi, 17–23 February 2016

72 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days

Timothy J. Gallaher

Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 3–30 Sep 2010

Timothy J. Gallaher in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 3–30 September 2010

49 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 14,170 km

D. Wolkis

Kauaʻi and Niʻihau · Jan – Feb 2018

D. Wolkis in Kauaʻi and Niʻihau, January – February 2018

42 specimens · 5 stops · 30 days · 119 km

Steven Perlman

Kauaʻi · 19–26 Jan 2018

Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, 19–26 January 2018

63 specimens · 3 stops · 8 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.