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
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands · 6–27 Nov 1983
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands, 6–27 November 198368 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days
T. Triono
New Guinea and Papua · Apr – May 2000
T. Triono in New Guinea and Papua, April – May 200054 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days · 393 km
Nengah Wirawan
3 islands of Indonesia · Dec 1963 – Jan 1964
Nengah Wirawan in Java, Peucang Island and Bogor, December 1963 – January 196443 specimens · 17 stops · 33 days
John T. Buchholz
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1948
John T. Buchholz in New Caledonia, Isle Of Pines and New Guinea, February – March 194862 specimens · 13 stops · 51 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, November – December 196357 specimens · 9 stops · 20 days
A.W.C.T. Herre
10 islands · Mar – Jun 1929
A.W.C.T. Herre across 10 islands, March – June 192946 specimens · 15 stops · 93 days · 5,808 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
O. Kasmin
New Guinea and Papua · Apr – May 2000
O. Kasmin in New Guinea and Papua, April – May 200045 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 272 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
A. Hitch
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
A. Hitch in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
J. Trochet
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
J. Trochet in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
M. Sundue
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
M. Sundue in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
N. Semard
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
N. Semard in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
H. Maraia
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
H. Maraia in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
A. AllisonA Allison
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
A. AllisonA Allison in New Britain, 5–9 November 201572 specimens · 2 stops · 5 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.