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. 13 journeys so far, 1903 to 2000, 4,158 specimens between them.
6 collectors and expeditions386 days in the field68,928 km between stops37 photographed specimens
13 journeys match
Johnson Randall
12 islands · Jun – Sep 1978
Johnson Randall across 12 islands, June – September 1978840 specimens · 52 stops · 92 days · 8,104 km
Johnson Randall
20 islands · Aug – Nov 1987
Johnson Randall across 20 islands, August – November 1987700 specimens · 51 stops · 87 days · 9,036 km
G.W. Tribble
13 islands · Jun – Sep 1978
G.W. Tribble across 13 islands, June – September 1978673 specimens · 44 stops · 92 days · 7,509 km
Johnson Randall
11 islands · Aug – Oct 1988
Johnson Randall across 11 islands, August – October 1988522 specimens · 31 stops · 72 days · 5,627 km
R.P.H. Rutherford
11 islands · Jun – Sep 1978
R.P.H. Rutherford across 11 islands, June – September 1978489 specimens · 27 stops · 91 days · 6,285 km
Alvin Seale
5 islands · May – Jun 1903
Alvin Seale across 5 islands, May – June 1903311 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,333 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
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
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
Johnson Randall
7 islands of Indonesia · Sep – Oct 2000
Johnson Randall across 7 islands of Indonesia, September – October 200046 specimens · 21 stops · 55 days · 6,018 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1996
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, November – December 199658 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 1,947 km
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.