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. 14 journeys so far, 1981 to 1989, 2,913 specimens between them.
8 collectors and expeditions347 days in the field92,869 km between stops1,357 photographed specimens
14 journeys match
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
Johnson Randall
20 islands · Aug – Nov 1987
Johnson Randall across 20 islands, August – November 1987700 specimens · 51 stops · 87 days · 9,036 km
Ismail Tukirin
4 islands · May – Jul 1989
Ismail Tukirin across 4 islands, May – July 1989414 specimens · 25 stops · 63 days · 32,354 km
Johnson Randall
11 islands · Aug – Oct 1988
Johnson Randall across 11 islands, August – October 1988522 specimens · 31 stops · 72 days · 5,627 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
Johnson Randall
20 islands of Indonesia · Sep – Nov 1986
Johnson Randall across 20 islands of Indonesia, September – November 1986166 specimens · 27 stops · 52 days · 1,511 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
6 islands · Oct – Dec 1989
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 6 islands, October – December 1989103 specimens · 14 stops · 61 days · 893 km
T. Koponen
3 islands · May – Jul 1981
T. Koponen in Papua, New Guinea and Morobe Province, May – July 198151 specimens · 26 stops · 80 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
J.S. Burley
Sumatra · Nov – Dec 1988
J.S. Burley in Sumatra, November – December 198864 specimens · 17 stops · 34 days · 1,515 km
van Balgooy
Java and Bali · Sep – Oct 1985
van Balgooy in Java and Bali, September – October 198572 specimens · 10 stops · 37 days
Ismail Tukirin
Sumatra · Nov – Dec 1988
Ismail Tukirin in Sumatra, November – December 198852 specimens · 14 stops · 34 days · 2,272 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands · 6–27 Nov 1983
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands, 6–27 November 198368 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days
E. Clark
3 islands of Indonesia · 6–16 Oct 1987
E. Clark in Komodo, Gunung Api and Mai Island (Penyu), 6–16 October 198760 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 815 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.