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
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
Tsing-Chao Maa
Buka Island · Sep 1959 – Mar 1960
Tsing-Chao Maa in Buka Island, September 1959 – March 196045 specimens · 10 stops · 169 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1996
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, November – December 199658 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 1,947 km
N. Semard
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
N. Semard in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
A. Hitch
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
A. Hitch 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
H. Maraia
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
H. Maraia 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
A. AllisonA Allison
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
A. AllisonA Allison in New Britain, 5–9 November 201572 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
E. Soepadmo
Selangor and Malaya · 4–20 Apr 1968
E. Soepadmo in Selangor and Malaya, 4–20 April 196847 specimens · 3 stops · 17 days
A. Sadili
New Guinea · Oct – Nov 1998
A. Sadili in New Guinea, October – November 199843 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 1,594 km
S. Thomas
3 islands of Indonesia · 4–22 Apr 1995
S. Thomas in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, 4–22 April 199551 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days · 24 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.