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. 80 journeys so far, 2010 to 2019, 7,165 specimens between them.
53 collectors and expeditions817 days in the field103,734 km between stops6,318 photographed specimens
80 journeys match
J. Sand
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 2014
J. Sand in Oʻahu, November – December 201456 specimens · 6 stops · 36 days · 528 km
S.A. James
New Britain · 10–18 May 2011
S.A. James in New Britain, 10–18 May 2011118 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 41 km
W.Z. Ma
Kauaʻi · 24–29 Sep 2014
W.Z. Ma in Kauaʻi, 24–29 September 201492 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
J.R. Shevock
Kauaʻi · 24–29 Sep 2014
J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 24–29 September 201492 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
G. Plunkett M
Palau · 4–15 Nov 2013
G. Plunkett M in Palau, 4–15 November 201361 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days
J.R. Shevock
Kauaʻi · 22–31 Jan 2015
J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 22–31 January 201556 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days
J.F. Butaud
Ua Pou and Hiva Oa · Oct – Nov 2017
J.F. Butaud in Ua Pou and Hiva Oa, October – November 201761 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days · 168 km
E. Schuettpelz
Hiva Oa and Ua Pou · Oct – Nov 2017
E. Schuettpelz in Hiva Oa and Ua Pou, October – November 201758 specimens · 9 stops · 16 days · 168 km
Gregory Plunkett
3 islands · 4–21 Nov 2013
Gregory Plunkett in Palau, Palao and Ngeruktabel, 4–21 November 201357 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Sep – Nov 2016
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, September – November 201640 specimens · 8 stops · 37 days
D. Damas
New Britain · 10–18 May 2011
D. Damas in New Britain, 10–18 May 201190 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 41 km
J.C. Game
Kauaʻi · 17–23 Feb 2016
J.C. Game in Kauaʻi, 17–23 February 201672 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 201049 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 14,170 km
C. Sewelu
New Britain · 10–18 May 2011
C. Sewelu in New Britain, 10–18 May 201184 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 42 km
D. Wolkis
Kauaʻi and Niʻihau · Jan – Feb 2018
D. Wolkis in Kauaʻi and Niʻihau, January – February 201842 specimens · 5 stops · 30 days · 119 km
Kenneth R. Wood
Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie) · Jan – Feb 2010
Kenneth R. Wood in Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie), January – February 201041 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 2,660 km
S.A. James
Guadalcanal · 11–17 Sep 2015
S.A. James in Guadalcanal, 11–17 September 201548 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days
J. Viatme
New Britain · 11–18 May 2011
J. Viatme in New Britain, 11–18 May 201170 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 42 km
J. Trochet
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
J. Trochet in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
N. Semard
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
N. Semard in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
M. Sundue
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
M. Sundue in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
H. Maraia
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
H. Maraia in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
A. Hitch
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
A. Hitch in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
D. Bir
New Britain · 11–18 May 2011
D. Bir in New Britain, 11–18 May 201169 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 42 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.