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. 11 journeys so far, 1981 to 1989, 1,662 specimens between them.
10 collectors and expeditions245 days in the field26,490 km between stops525 photographed specimens
11 journeys match
Johnson Randall
20 islands · Aug – Nov 1987
Johnson Randall across 20 islands, August – November 1987700 specimens · 51 stops · 87 days · 9,036 km
D. Lepofsky
7 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1988
D. Lepofsky across 7 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 1988168 specimens · 32 stops · 78 days
Benjamin C. Stone
5 islands · Jul – Sep 1981
Benjamin C. Stone across 5 islands, July – September 1981220 specimens · 21 stops · 49 days · 9,878 km
D. Mueller-Dombois
12 islands · Oct – Dec 1981
D. Mueller-Dombois across 12 islands, October – December 1981139 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 3,711 km
T. Koponen
3 islands · May – Jul 1981
T. Koponen in Papua, New Guinea and Morobe Province, May – July 198151 specimens · 26 stops · 80 days
O.G. Gideon
New Guinea · Dec 1988 – Jan 1989
O.G. Gideon in New Guinea, December 1988 – January 198988 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 840 km
A. AllisonA Allison
New Guinea · Aug – Oct 1988
A. AllisonA Allison in New Guinea, August – October 198861 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days
K. Kerenga
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · 6–30 Mar 1981
K. Kerenga in Manus Island, Rambutyo Island and Rambutyo, 6–30 March 198155 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 1,523 km
K.Q. Damas
New Guinea · Jan – Feb 1989
K.Q. Damas in New Guinea, January – February 198971 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 602 km
O.G. Gideon
New Ireland and Lihir Island · Oct – Nov 1984
O.G. Gideon in New Ireland and Lihir Island, October – November 198443 specimens · 5 stops · 27 days · 388 km
Patrick Colin
Port Moresby and Madang Province · Oct – Nov 1987
Patrick Colin in Port Moresby and Madang Province, October – November 198766 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 512 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.