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. 7 journeys so far, 1938 to 1995, 2,744 specimens between them.
7 collectors and expeditions317 days in the field193,231 km between stops1,492 photographed specimens
7 journeys match
Johnson Randall
35 islands · Feb – Sep 1977
Johnson Randall across 35 islands, February – September 19771,178 specimens · 101 stops · 216 days · 16,972 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
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
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
Neth. Ind. For. Service
11 islands · Feb – Aug 1938
Neth. Ind. For. Service, February – August 193863 specimens · 45 stops · 174 days · 15,218 km
J.K. Jarvie
Borneo and Indonesia · Jan – Feb 1995
J.K. Jarvie in Borneo and Indonesia, January – February 199558 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days · 63,156 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.