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. 16 journeys so far, 1922 to 1996, 5,815 specimens between them.
14 collectors and expeditions434 days in the field104,084 km between stops5,425 photographed specimens
16 journeys match
G.E. Edano
35 islands · Jan – May 1957
G.E. Edano across 35 islands, January – May 1957653 specimens · 58 stops · 131 days · 4,198 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
36 islands · Jan – May 1957
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 36 islands, January – May 1957648 specimens · 59 stops · 131 days · 2,868 km
J.S. Burley
4 islands · May – Jul 1989
J.S. Burley across 4 islands, May – July 1989478 specimens · 22 stops · 63 days · 30,615 km
Ismail Tukirin
4 islands · May – Jul 1989
Ismail Tukirin across 4 islands, May – July 1989414 specimens · 25 stops · 63 days · 32,354 km
Adolph D.E. Elmer
3 islands · 1–22 Oct 1922
Adolph D.E. Elmer in Borneo, North Borneo and Tawao, 1–22 October 19221,407 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days
J. Afriastini
Borneo · Jan – Feb 1995
J. Afriastini in Borneo, January – February 1995409 specimens · 23 stops · 29 days · 7,075 km
Ismail Indah
Borneo and Kalimantan · Apr – May 1994
Ismail Indah in Borneo and Kalimantan, April – May 1994274 specimens · 31 stops · 38 days · 2,267 km
Hamzah
Borneo and Kalimantan · Apr – May 1994
Hamzah in Borneo and Kalimantan, April – May 1994270 specimens · 31 stops · 38 days · 3,384 km
A. Nurdin
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1993
A. Nurdin in Borneo, Indonesia and Kalimantan, October – November 1993290 specimens · 23 stops · 32 days · 3,346 km
T.G. Laman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
T.G. Laman in Borneo, October – November 1996272 specimens · 12 stops · 23 days · 4,031 km
E. Mirmanto
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
E. Mirmanto in Borneo, October – November 1996230 specimens · 11 stops · 23 days · 2,688 km
I.A. Rachman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
I.A. Rachman in Borneo, October – November 1996174 specimens · 9 stops · 23 days · 2,688 km
J.S. Burley
Borneo and Kalimantan · Mar – May 1988
J.S. Burley in Borneo and Kalimantan, March – May 1988100 specimens · 20 stops · 42 days · 4,807 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg in Borneo, Sarawak and Malaya, June – July 196382 specimens · 12 stops · 20 days
Ismail Tukirin
Borneo and Kalimantan · Mar – May 1988
Ismail Tukirin in Borneo and Kalimantan, March – May 198863 specimens · 16 stops · 41 days · 3,424 km
R.J. Johns
Brunei · 9–30 Mar 1991
R.J. Johns in Brunei, 9–30 March 199151 specimens · 7 stops · 22 days · 339 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.