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. 44 journeys so far, 1929 to 2016, 5,933 specimens between them.
34 collectors and expeditions759 days in the field83,914 km between stops4,176 photographed specimens
44 journeys match
A. AllisonA Allison
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
A. AllisonA Allison in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016103 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
de Vogel
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
de Vogel in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016100 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
A.W.C.T. Herre
10 islands · Mar – Jun 1929
A.W.C.T. Herre across 10 islands, March – June 192946 specimens · 15 stops · 93 days · 5,808 km
S.A. James
New Britain · 10–18 May 2011
S.A. James in New Britain, 10–18 May 2011118 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 41 km
E.E. Henty
New Britain · 14–27 May 1968
E.E. Henty in New Britain, 14–27 May 196852 specimens · 6 stops · 14 days · 205 km
D. Damas
New Britain · 10–18 May 2011
D. Damas in New Britain, 10–18 May 201190 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 41 km
A.G. Floyd
New Britain · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
A.G. Floyd in New Britain, December 1954 – January 195541 specimens · 8 stops · 23 days
C. Sewelu
New Britain · 10–18 May 2011
C. Sewelu in New Britain, 10–18 May 201184 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 42 km
J. Viatme
New Britain · 11–18 May 2011
J. Viatme in New Britain, 11–18 May 201170 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 42 km
H. Maraia
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
H. Maraia in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
M. Sundue
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
M. Sundue in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
N. Semard
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
N. Semard in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
A. Hitch
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
A. Hitch in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
J. Trochet
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
J. Trochet in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
D. Bir
New Britain · 11–18 May 2011
D. Bir in New Britain, 11–18 May 201169 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 42 km
D. Rouilo
New Britain · 11–18 May 2011
D. Rouilo in New Britain, 11–18 May 201169 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 42 km
A. AllisonA Allison
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
A. AllisonA Allison in New Britain, 5–9 November 201572 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
I. Engilis
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
I. Engilis in New Britain, 5–9 November 201571 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
de Vogel
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
de Vogel in New Britain, 5–9 November 201570 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Johnson Randall
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jul – Aug 2002
Johnson Randall in New Britain, Duke Of York and Ulu Island, July – August 200248 specimens · 10 stops · 34 days · 572 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.