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. 137 journeys so far, 1899 to 2015, 28,230 specimens between them.
92 collectors and expeditions3,477 days in the field668,514 km between stops19,300 photographed specimens
137 journeys match
Hamzah
Borneo and Kalimantan · Apr – May 1994
Hamzah in Borneo and Kalimantan, April – May 1994270 specimens · 31 stops · 38 days · 3,384 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
A. Nurdin
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1993
A. Nurdin in Borneo, Indonesia and Kalimantan, October – November 1993290 specimens · 23 stops · 32 days · 3,346 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
3 islands · Jun – Oct 1955
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, Vanua Levu and New Britain, June – October 1955229 specimens · 62 stops · 128 days · 3,623 km
Erling Christophersen
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1929
Erling Christophersen across 5 islands, October – November 1929315 specimens · 20 stops · 44 days · 283 km
H.O. Sleumer
New Guinea and Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1962
H.O. Sleumer in New Guinea and Oʻahu, January – February 1962239 specimens · 22 stops · 42 days · 9,681 km
H.P. Nooteboom
3 islands · Jan – Mar 1969
H.P. Nooteboom in Borneo, Sabah and Java, January – March 1969194 specimens · 27 stops · 73 days · 38,443 km
M. Jacobs
Sumatra · Apr – May 1968
M. Jacobs in Sumatra, April – May 1968255 specimens · 13 stops · 35 days · 1,817 km
T.G. Laman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
T.G. Laman in Borneo, October – November 1996272 specimens · 12 stops · 23 days · 4,031 km
Afrastini Ismail
3 islands · Jun – Aug 1994
Afrastini Ismail in Bali Timur, Bali and Oʻahu, June – August 1994196 specimens · 18 stops · 86 days · 105 km
J.S. Burley
3 islands of Indonesia · Feb – Mar 1990
J.S. Burley in Sulawesi, Suluwesi and Celebes, February – March 1990198 specimens · 22 stops · 33 days · 3,146 km
M.M. Fleischer
3 islands · Feb – Apr 1909
M.M. Fleischer in Luzon, Penang and Java, February – April 1909184 specimens · 16 stops · 64 days
E. Mirmanto
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
E. Mirmanto in Borneo, October – November 1996230 specimens · 11 stops · 23 days · 2,688 km
Adolph D.E. Elmer
5 islands · Apr – May 1910
Adolph D.E. Elmer across 5 islands, April – May 1910375 specimens · 3 stops · 31 days
Ismail Tukirin
3 islands of Indonesia · Feb – Mar 1990
Ismail Tukirin in Sulawesi, Suluwesi and Celebes, February – March 1990154 specimens · 23 stops · 33 days · 2,678 km
J. Elbert
10 islands of Indonesia · Oct 1909 – Mar 1910
J. Elbert across 10 islands of Indonesia, October 1909 – March 1910102 specimens · 26 stops · 142 days
Sunaryo
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – Jun 1994
Sunaryo in Sumba, E. Sumba and Nusa Tenggara Timor, April – June 1994159 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 59 km
H.J. Jensen
7 islands · Feb – May 1922
H.J. Jensen across 7 islands, February – May 192291 specimens · 37 stops · 106 days
I.A. Rachman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
I.A. Rachman in Borneo, October – November 1996174 specimens · 9 stops · 23 days · 2,688 km
Alvin Seale
5 islands · May – Jun 1903
Alvin Seale across 5 islands, May – June 1903311 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,333 km
W.J. Lutjeharms
Sumatra and Sumbawa · May – Jul 1936
W.J. Lutjeharms in Sumatra and Sumbawa, May – July 193693 specimens · 26 stops · 82 days
Afrastini Ismail
Kabaena and Sulawesi · Jul – Aug 1993
Afrastini Ismail in Kabaena and Sulawesi, July – August 1993141 specimens · 13 stops · 18 days · 66 km
J. Afriastini
Java · Apr – May 1992
J. Afriastini in Java, April – May 1992115 specimens · 16 stops · 44 days · 22,900 km
Pratita Puradyatmika
New Guinea · Jan – Mar 1998
Pratita Puradyatmika in New Guinea, January – March 1998114 specimens · 17 stops · 78 days · 3,724 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.