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. 50 journeys so far, 1990 to 1999, 6,273 specimens between them.
35 collectors and expeditions980 days in the field232,678 km between stops5,349 photographed specimens
50 journeys match
Ismail Tukirin
Ceram and Seram · Nov – Dec 1990
Ismail Tukirin in Ceram and Seram, November – December 199086 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 1,446 km
J.S. Burley
Ceram and Seram · Nov – Dec 1990
J.S. Burley in Ceram and Seram, November – December 199088 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days · 1,446 km
A.P. Davis
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1995
A.P. Davis in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 1995113 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 306 km
M. Sagisolo
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – May 1994
M. Sagisolo in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – May 199459 specimens · 13 stops · 73 days · 8,057 km
J.S. Burley
New Guinea · 15–26 May 1991
J.S. Burley in New Guinea, 15–26 May 1991134 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 667 km
John L. Earle
18 islands of Indonesia · Oct – Nov 1990
John L. Earle across 18 islands of Indonesia, October – November 1990122 specimens · 13 stops · 26 days · 10,403 km
Afrastini Ismail
Ceram · Nov – Dec 1990
Afrastini Ismail in Ceram, November – December 199066 specimens · 13 stops · 15 days · 30 km
J.K. Jarvie
Borneo and Indonesia · Jan – Feb 1995
J.K. Jarvie in Borneo and Indonesia, January – February 199558 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days · 63,156 km
Afrastini Ismail
New Guinea · 15–26 May 1991
Afrastini Ismail in New Guinea, 15–26 May 1991110 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 667 km
Soetjipto Moeljono
4 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994
Soetjipto Moeljono across 4 islands of Indonesia, March – May 199456 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 7,718 km
E.A. Widjaja
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · 4–15 Jun 1991
E.A. Widjaja in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, 4–15 June 199163 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
Johnson Randall
9 islands · Apr – May 1997
Johnson Randall across 9 islands, April – May 199795 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days · 8,635 km
Johnson Randall
12 islands of Indonesia · Oct – Nov 1990
Johnson Randall across 12 islands of Indonesia, October – November 199076 specimens · 15 stops · 28 days · 1,705 km
Pratita Puradyatmika
New Guinea · Oct – Dec 1998
Pratita Puradyatmika in New Guinea, October – December 199847 specimens · 7 stops · 72 days · 3,262 km
U.W. Mayar
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1995
U.W. Mayar in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 199544 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 5,403 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
3 islands of Indonesia · Oct 1990 – Jan 1991
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Pulau Tanjong Putus, Pulau Panjang and Pulau Gusung Assam, October 1990 – January 199151 specimens · 4 stops · 102 days · 411 km
E. Soepadmo
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
E. Soepadmo in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199458 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
A. Rachman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
A. Rachman in Borneo, October – November 199643 specimens · 7 stops · 23 days
Y. Magablo
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1994
Y. Magablo in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 199454 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 123 km
C. Barker
New Guinea · 7–28 Aug 1998
C. Barker in New Guinea, 7–28 August 199846 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 106 km
T. Khalkausar
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
T. Khalkausar in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199445 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
John H. Beaman
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 1998
John H. Beaman in New Guinea, August – September 199844 specimens · 5 stops · 38 days · 89 km
R. George
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
R. George in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199442 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1996
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, November – December 199658 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 1,947 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.