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. 20 journeys so far, 1898 to 1992, 5,248 specimens between them.
14 collectors and expeditions435 days in the field111,138 km between stops3,870 photographed specimens
20 journeys match
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sri Lanka and Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1975
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sri Lanka and Oʻahu, October – December 1975936 specimens · 26 stops · 44 days
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sri Lanka and Pahang · Sep – Dec 1973
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sri Lanka and Pahang, September – December 1973672 specimens · 28 stops · 94 days
Harold St.John
4 islands · Oct 1950 – Feb 1951
Harold St.John across 4 islands, October 1950 – February 1951459 specimens · 38 stops · 97 days · 7,479 km
Johnson Randall
14 islands of Sri Lanka · Jan – Apr 1975
Johnson Randall across 14 islands of Sri Lanka, January – April 1975811 specimens · 56 stops · 88 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
14 islands · Mar – Sep 1956
F. Raymond Fosberg across 14 islands, March – September 1956258 specimens · 81 stops · 177 days · 16,398 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
10 islands · Oct – Dec 1978
F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, October – December 1978361 specimens · 27 stops · 68 days · 79,655 km
K. Eliezer
Sri Lanka · Oct – Nov 1973
K. Eliezer in Sri Lanka, October – November 1973309 specimens · 11 stops · 43 days
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands · Apr – May 1973
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands, April – May 1973147 specimens · 19 stops · 56 days
D.B. Sumithraarachchi
Sri Lanka · 25–29 Oct 1975
D.B. Sumithraarachchi in Sri Lanka, 25–29 October 1975320 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
M. Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka · Oct – Nov 1973
M. Jayasuriya in Sri Lanka, October – November 1973200 specimens · 7 stops · 39 days
Benjamin C. Stone
7 islands · Dec 1967 – Apr 1968
Benjamin C. Stone across 7 islands, December 1967 – April 196895 specimens · 22 stops · 121 days · 1,715 km
Gerald R. Allen
9 islands · Feb – Apr 1979
Gerald R. Allen across 9 islands, February – April 1979163 specimens · 18 stops · 73 days · 5,891 km
A.M. Greller
Sri Lanka · 11–29 Aug 1984
A.M. Greller in Sri Lanka, 11–29 August 198494 specimens · 6 stops · 19 days
S. Balasubramaniam
Sri Lanka · 11–29 Aug 1984
S. Balasubramaniam in Sri Lanka, 11–29 August 198492 specimens · 6 stops · 19 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
Sri Lanka and Mauritius · Oct – Dec 1970
F. Raymond Fosberg in Sri Lanka and Mauritius, October – December 197056 specimens · 15 stops · 48 days
M.M. Fleischer
Sri Lanka and Singapore · Feb – Mar 1898
M.M. Fleischer in Sri Lanka and Singapore, February – March 189853 specimens · 16 stops · 43 days
I. Adachi
Sri Lanka · Feb – Mar 1987
I. Adachi in Sri Lanka, February – March 198758 specimens · 11 stops · 16 days
D.B. Sumithraarachchi
Sri Lanka · 20–26 Nov 1975
D.B. Sumithraarachchi in Sri Lanka, 20–26 November 197577 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
S. Balasubramaniam
Sri Lanka · Mar – Apr 1985
S. Balasubramaniam in Sri Lanka, March – April 198543 specimens · 8 stops · 29 days
E.J. Funk
Sri Lanka and Hawaiʻi Island · 9–18 Dec 1992
E.J. Funk in Sri Lanka and Hawaiʻi Island, 9–18 December 199244 specimens · 2 stops · 10 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.