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. 58 journeys so far, 1929 to 2015, 9,670 specimens between them.
47 collectors and expeditions1,684 days in the field265,173 km between stops7,546 photographed specimens
58 journeys match
T. Watanabe
7 islands · Jul – Aug 2009
T. Watanabe across 7 islands, July – August 2009138 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 1,464 km
Leonard J. Brass
New Guinea · Apr – Nov 1959
Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, April – November 195961 specimens · 37 stops · 221 days · 658 km
L.A.C. Craven
New Guinea · Jan – Apr 1966
L.A.C. Craven in New Guinea, January – April 196673 specimens · 22 stops · 102 days · 1,525 km
A. Gebo
New Guinea and Papua · Jun – Jul 1972
A. Gebo in New Guinea and Papua, June – July 1972118 specimens · 11 stops · 15 days · 569 km
van Balgooy
New Guinea · Apr – Jul 1965
van Balgooy in New Guinea, April – July 1965102 specimens · 9 stops · 74 days · 1,118 km
Afrastini Ismail
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993
Afrastini Ismail in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993133 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km
J.A. McDonald
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993
J.A. McDonald in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993131 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km
C. Kalkman
New Guinea · Jun – Sep 1966
C. Kalkman in New Guinea, June – September 1966104 specimens · 6 stops · 98 days · 628 km
Leonard J. Brass
New Guinea · May – Aug 1933
Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, May – August 193376 specimens · 12 stops · 100 days · 870 km
William Robert Barker
New Guinea · Mar – May 1975
William Robert Barker in New Guinea, March – May 1975138 specimens · 3 stops · 82 days · 706 km
A.G. Floyd
New Britain and New Guinea · Jul – Aug 1954
A.G. Floyd in New Britain and New Guinea, July – August 195477 specimens · 13 stops · 55 days · 1,392 km
O. Paul
New Britain and New Guinea · Jul – Aug 2011
O. Paul in New Britain and New Guinea, July – August 2011174 specimens · 2 stops · 30 days · 382 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
L.A.C. Craven
New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1974
L.A.C. Craven in New Guinea, June – July 1974139 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days · 14,137 km
George Pattison
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
George Pattison across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 197568 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 5,279 km
J.J. Wood
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
J.J. Wood across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 197567 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 5,279 km
J. Barrau
6 islands · Jan – Apr 1958
J. Barrau across 6 islands, January – April 195856 specimens · 22 stops · 81 days · 4,806 km
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
S. Chanel
Guadalcanal and New Guinea · 9–17 Sep 2015
S. Chanel in Guadalcanal and New Guinea, 9–17 September 201586 specimens · 7 stops · 9 days · 5,380 km
A. AllisonA Allison
New Guinea · Aug – Oct 1988
A. AllisonA Allison in New Guinea, August – October 198861 specimens · 12 stops · 71 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
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
K.Q. Damas
New Guinea · Jan – Feb 1989
K.Q. Damas in New Guinea, January – February 198971 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 602 km
E.B. Mann
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1969
E.B. Mann in Bagabag Island, Kar Kar and New Guinea, June – July 196956 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 380 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.