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. 36 journeys so far, 2020 to 2026, 3,144 specimens between them.
24 collectors and expeditions263 days in the field1,678 km between stops2,034 photographed specimens
36 journeys match
H. Oppenheinmer
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
H. Oppenheinmer in Maui, 11–15 March 202478 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
Ben Nyberg
6 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Ben Nyberg across 6 islands, June – July 202245 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
A. O'Neill
Maui · 2–11 May 2023
A. O'Neill in Maui, 2–11 May 202368 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days
Steven Perlman
Maui and Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 2022
Steven Perlman in Maui and Kauaʻi, August – September 202250 specimens · 5 stops · 27 days · 338 km
S. Hanser
4 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
S. Hanser across 4 islands, June – July 202244 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
Leila Morrison
Maui · 2–11 May 2023
Leila Morrison in Maui, 2–11 May 202361 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
Timothy Flynn
Maui and Molokaʻi · 14–19 Jan 2020
Timothy Flynn in Maui and Molokaʻi, 14–19 January 202053 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 102 km
J.C. Game
Maui and Molokaʻi · 14–19 Jan 2020
J.C. Game in Maui and Molokaʻi, 14–19 January 202053 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 102 km
H.L. Oppebnheinmer
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
H.L. Oppebnheinmer in Maui, 11–15 March 202444 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
D. Brokaw
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
D. Brokaw in Maui, 11–15 March 202443 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
K. Morrison
Maui · 2–11 May 2023
K. Morrison in Maui, 2–11 May 202344 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
S.N. Ching
Oʻahu · Apr – May 2022
S.N. Ching in Oʻahu, April – May 202251 specimens · 3 stops · 28 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.