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
H. Nurta
Java · Sep – Nov 1962
H. Nurta in Java, September – November 196257 specimens · 20 stops · 64 days
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
Ceram and Seram · Nov – Dec 1990
Ismail Tukirin in Ceram and Seram, November – December 199086 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 1,446 km
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
Benjamin C. Stone
6 islands · Jan – Apr 1967
Benjamin C. Stone across 6 islands, January – April 196760 specimens · 16 stops · 68 days · 10,590 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
J. Barrau
6 islands · Jan – Apr 1958
J. Barrau across 6 islands, January – April 195856 specimens · 22 stops · 81 days · 4,806 km
Daud
Borneo and Sarawak · Jul – Oct 1938
Daud in Borneo and Sarawak, July – October 193850 specimens · 23 stops · 84 days
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
E. Soepadmo
Sumatra · 11–27 Aug 1960
E. Soepadmo in Sumatra, 11–27 August 196071 specimens · 13 stops · 17 days
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
Tachun
Borneo and Sarawak · Jul – Oct 1938
Tachun in Borneo and Sarawak, July – October 193846 specimens · 21 stops · 84 days
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
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
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Ding Hou
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1966
Ding Hou in Borneo, Sarawak and Pahang, June – September 196641 specimens · 24 stops · 106 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Guinea · Aug – Dec 1958
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, August – December 195867 specimens · 26 stops · 110 days · 956 km
Tsing-Chao Maa
4 countries · May – Sep 1959
Tsing-Chao Maa across 4 countries, May – September 195977 specimens · 16 stops · 102 days
Ismail Tukirin
Sumatra · Nov – Dec 1988
Ismail Tukirin in Sumatra, November – December 198852 specimens · 14 stops · 34 days · 2,272 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
F. Raymond Fosberg
10 islands · May – Jul 1973
F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, May – July 197356 specimens · 17 stops · 45 days
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
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.