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. 123 journeys so far, 1899 to 2015, 24,287 specimens between them.
87 collectors and expeditions3,058 days in the field598,846 km between stops19,262 photographed specimens
123 journeys match
Fiona R. Willis
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – Apr 1999
Fiona R. Willis in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – April 1999122 specimens · 13 stops · 40 days · 1,153 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
11 islands · Feb – Aug 1938
Neth. Ind. For. Service, February – August 193863 specimens · 45 stops · 174 days · 15,218 km
de Vogel
3 islands of Indonesia · Oct – Nov 1973
de Vogel in Celebes, Sulawesi and Suluwesi, October – November 1973111 specimens · 13 stops · 31 days · 780 km
Leonard J. Brass
New Guinea · Apr – Nov 1959
Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, April – November 195961 specimens · 37 stops · 221 days · 658 km
A. Gebo
New Guinea and Papua · Jun – Jul 1972
A. Gebo in New Guinea and Papua, June – July 1972118 specimens · 11 stops · 15 days · 569 km
Ernest H. Quayle
14 islands · Apr – May 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 14 islands, April – May 1922112 specimens · 12 stops · 40 days · 3,640 km
Elsie Overstreet
4 islands · Sep – Nov 1937
Elsie Overstreet across 4 islands, September – November 193780 specimens · 17 stops · 48 days
Afrastini Ismail
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993
Afrastini Ismail in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993133 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km
M. Mousset
Java · Apr – Aug 1909
M. Mousset in Java, April – August 190972 specimens · 17 stops · 123 days
J.A. McDonald
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993
J.A. McDonald in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993131 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 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
Maklon Warpur
3 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994
Maklon Warpur in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, March – May 199482 specimens · 16 stops · 73 days · 8,402 km
S.B. Bloembergen
7 islands of Indonesia · Jul – Oct 1939
S.B. Bloembergen across 7 islands of Indonesia, July – October 193957 specimens · 29 stops · 90 days
A. Sadili
New Guinea · Jan – Mar 1998
A. Sadili in New Guinea, January – March 199887 specimens · 12 stops · 78 days · 3,446 km
H. Dihm
Java and Sumatra · Aug – Nov 1899
H. Dihm in Java and Sumatra, August – November 189954 specimens · 30 stops · 119 days
Leonard J. Brass
New Guinea · May – Aug 1933
Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, May – August 193376 specimens · 12 stops · 100 days · 870 km
David F. Grether
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
David F. Grether across 9 islands, October – December 194575 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 km
van Royen
Java and Australia · Nov 1974 – Jan 1975
van Royen in Java and Australia, November 1974 – January 197589 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 9 islands, October – December 194574 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 km
V.M. Moll
Adi Island and Adi · Feb – Apr 1961
V.M. Moll in Adi Island and Adi, February – April 1961101 specimens · 7 stops · 45 days
Neth. Ind. For. Service
4 islands of Indonesia · Jan – Apr 1937
Neth. Ind. For. Service, January – April 193759 specimens · 20 stops · 92 days · 8,980 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
van Steenis
4 islands · 1–17 Apr 1936
van Steenis across 4 islands, 1–17 April 193683 specimens · 12 stops · 17 days
Peter J. Edwards
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – Apr 1999
Peter J. Edwards in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – April 199988 specimens · 11 stops · 41 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.