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. 43 journeys so far, 1922 to 1996, 10,355 specimens between them.
36 collectors and expeditions1,157 days in the field455,750 km between stops8,790 photographed specimens
43 journeys match
G.E. Edano
35 islands · Jan – May 1957
G.E. Edano across 35 islands, January – May 1957653 specimens · 58 stops · 131 days · 4,198 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
36 islands · Jan – May 1957
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 36 islands, January – May 1957648 specimens · 59 stops · 131 days · 2,868 km
Maxwell S. Doty
16 islands · Aug – Dec 1971
Maxwell S. Doty across 16 islands, August – December 1971737 specimens · 34 stops · 101 days · 25,154 km
J.S. Burley
4 islands · May – Jul 1989
J.S. Burley across 4 islands, May – July 1989478 specimens · 22 stops · 63 days · 30,615 km
Ismail Tukirin
4 islands · May – Jul 1989
Ismail Tukirin across 4 islands, May – July 1989414 specimens · 25 stops · 63 days · 32,354 km
Adolph D.E. Elmer
3 islands · 1–22 Oct 1922
Adolph D.E. Elmer in Borneo, North Borneo and Tawao, 1–22 October 19221,407 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days
Kenneth R. Wood
8 islands · Jul – Dec 1995
Kenneth R. Wood across 8 islands, July – December 1995447 specimens · 35 stops · 139 days · 32,262 km
H.P. Nooteboom
3 islands · Mar – May 1970
H.P. Nooteboom in Borneo, Sarawak and Sabah, March – May 1970344 specimens · 34 stops · 62 days · 5,549 km
J. Afriastini
Borneo · Jan – Feb 1995
J. Afriastini in Borneo, January – February 1995409 specimens · 23 stops · 29 days · 7,075 km
P. Chai
Borneo and Sarawak · Mar – May 1970
P. Chai in Borneo and Sarawak, March – May 1970306 specimens · 31 stops · 62 days · 3,319 km
J.A. McDonald
5 islands · Apr – Jul 1992
J.A. McDonald across 5 islands, April – July 1992263 specimens · 31 stops · 101 days · 31,570 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
14 islands · Apr 1939 – Jan 1940
Neth. Ind. For. Service, April 1939 – January 1940171 specimens · 91 stops · 272 days · 40,249 km
Ismail Indah
Borneo and Kalimantan · Apr – May 1994
Ismail Indah in Borneo and Kalimantan, April – May 1994274 specimens · 31 stops · 38 days · 2,267 km
Steven Perlman
9 islands · Aug – Dec 1995
Steven Perlman across 9 islands, August – December 1995320 specimens · 39 stops · 137 days · 51,778 km
Hamzah
Borneo and Kalimantan · Apr – May 1994
Hamzah in Borneo and Kalimantan, April – May 1994270 specimens · 31 stops · 38 days · 3,384 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
Johnson Randall
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1979
Johnson Randall across 13 islands, February – June 1979344 specimens · 33 stops · 111 days · 11,568 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
T.G. Laman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
T.G. Laman in Borneo, October – November 1996272 specimens · 12 stops · 23 days · 4,031 km
E. Mirmanto
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
E. Mirmanto in Borneo, October – November 1996230 specimens · 11 stops · 23 days · 2,688 km
Donald P. Abbott
9 islands · Jan – Mar 1957
Donald P. Abbott across 9 islands, January – March 1957161 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands · Apr – May 1973
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands, April – May 1973147 specimens · 19 stops · 56 days
J.S. Burley
3 islands · Sep – Oct 1987
J.S. Burley in Borneo, Sarawak and Luzon, September – October 1987141 specimens · 15 stops · 45 days · 5,605 km
Bobby Lee
Borneo and Sarawak · Sep – Oct 1987
Bobby Lee in Borneo and Sarawak, September – October 1987135 specimens · 16 stops · 45 days · 3,984 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.