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. 73 journeys so far, 1909 to 2011, 16,860 specimens between them.
46 collectors and expeditions1,918 days in the field638,438 km between stops12,379 photographed specimens
73 journeys match
Maxwell S. Doty
6 islands · Nov 1975 – Mar 1976
Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, November 1975 – March 197661 specimens · 13 stops · 131 days · 16,972 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Penang · Aug – Nov 1983
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Penang, August – November 198355 specimens · 14 stops · 77 days
Tachun
Borneo and Sarawak · Jul – Oct 1938
Tachun in Borneo and Sarawak, July – October 193846 specimens · 21 stops · 84 days
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
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands of Malaysia · Feb – Apr 1983
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands of Malaysia, February – April 198354 specimens · 15 stops · 76 days
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Ding Hou
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1966
Ding Hou in Borneo, Sarawak and Pahang, June – September 196641 specimens · 24 stops · 106 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Guinea · Aug – Dec 1958
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, August – December 195867 specimens · 26 stops · 110 days · 956 km
C. Costion
6 islands · Nov – Dec 2011
C. Costion across 6 islands, November – December 201150 specimens · 12 stops · 33 days · 41 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands · 6–27 Nov 1983
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands, 6–27 November 198368 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, November – December 196357 specimens · 9 stops · 20 days
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands · Aug – Sep 2000
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands, August – September 2000123 specimens · 5 stops · 29 days · 844 km
Benjamin C. Stone
5 islands · Feb – Mar 1970
Benjamin C. Stone across 5 islands, February – March 197043 specimens · 11 stops · 27 days
Larry W. Quate
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1961
Larry W. Quate in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 196161 specimens · 14 stops · 43 days · 11,144 km
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Apr – May 1969
Benjamin C. Stone in Kedah, Viti Levu and Malaya, April – May 196949 specimens · 6 stops · 20 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Malaya and Pahang · Apr – May 1976
Benjamin C. Stone in Malaya and Pahang, April – May 197650 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
E. Soepadmo
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
E. Soepadmo in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199458 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
A. Rachman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
A. Rachman in Borneo, October – November 199643 specimens · 7 stops · 23 days
Tsing-Chao Maa
3 countries · Aug – Dec 1958
Tsing-Chao Maa in Malaysia, Singapore and Papua New Guinea, August – December 195850 specimens · 16 stops · 111 days · 7,301 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Malaya and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1988
Benjamin C. Stone in Malaya and Oʻahu, April – May 198841 specimens · 8 stops · 32 days
T. Khalkausar
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
T. Khalkausar in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199445 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
S. Dewol
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
S. Dewol in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199443 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
R. George
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
R. George in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199442 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Larry W. Quate
Malaysia and the United States · Jul – Aug 1958
Larry W. Quate in Malaysia and the United States, July – August 195853 specimens · 9 stops · 60 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
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.