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. 20 journeys so far, 1921 to 1984, 4,527 specimens between them.
16 collectors and expeditions533 days in the field98,370 km between stops3,443 photographed specimens
20 journeys match
Ernani Meñez
50 islands · Jun – Sep 1960
Ernani Meñez across 50 islands, June – September 19602,317 specimens · 38 stops · 100 days · 40,857 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Jun 1950 – Jan 1951
Otto Degener across 6 islands, June 1950 – January 1951256 specimens · 41 stops · 236 days · 2,367 km
F.C. How
Hainan and Hainan Island · May – Aug 1935
F.C. How in Hainan and Hainan Island, May – August 1935379 specimens · 9 stops · 93 days
Otto Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Otto Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964168 specimens · 57 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Isa Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964153 specimens · 55 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
E.Y. Dawson
Okinawa and Luzon · Jan – Apr 1953
E.Y. Dawson in Okinawa and Luzon, January – April 1953138 specimens · 28 stops · 77 days · 1,234 km
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965158 specimens · 14 stops · 38 days · 6,438 km
Harold St.John
16 islands · Jun – Aug 1956
Harold St.John across 16 islands, June – August 1956140 specimens · 31 stops · 69 days · 26,065 km
K.U. Kramer
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
K.U. Kramer in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198078 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
T.Y. Yang
Taiwan and Formosa · Aug – Nov 1984
T.Y. Yang in Taiwan and Formosa, August – November 198478 specimens · 18 stops · 98 days
H. Gassner
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
H. Gassner in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198073 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
E. Zogg
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
E. Zogg in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198072 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
F.C. How
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1935
F.C. How in Hainan, Hainan Island and Hatutaa, March – April 1935132 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days
Fung
Hainan and Hainan Island · May – Jul 1929
Fung in Hainan and Hainan Island, May – July 192953 specimens · 25 stops · 86 days
Otto Degener
Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Mar 1964
Otto Degener in Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – March 196488 specimens · 6 stops · 59 days · 85 km
F.A. McClure
Hainan Island · Oct – Dec 1921
F.A. McClure in Hainan Island, October – December 192160 specimens · 20 stops · 82 days
W.T. Tsang
Hainan and Hainan Island · May – Jul 1929
W.T. Tsang in Hainan and Hainan Island, May – July 192950 specimens · 22 stops · 86 days
F.A. McClure
Hainan Island and Canton · Apr – Jun 1922
F.A. McClure in Hainan Island and Canton, April – June 192252 specimens · 11 stops · 60 days
H.G. Gheo
China · Jul – Oct 1928
H.G. Gheo in China, July – October 192842 specimens · 9 stops · 77 days
van Steenis
Taiwan and Formosa · 7–18 Aug 1966
van Steenis in Taiwan and Formosa, 7–18 August 196640 specimens · 9 stops · 12 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.