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. 136 journeys so far, 1929 to 2016, 22,524 specimens between them.
92 collectors and expeditions3,177 days in the field572,276 km between stops15,523 photographed specimens
136 journeys match
M.J.S. Sands
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
M.J.S. Sands across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 1975102 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days · 3,193 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
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
P. Katik
Manus Island and Umboi Island · Sep – Nov 1974
P. Katik in Manus Island and Umboi Island, September – November 1974100 specimens · 10 stops · 58 days · 978 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
R.S. Isles
New Britain and Ott Island · May – Jun 1973
R.S. Isles in New Britain and Ott Island, May – June 1973103 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 784 km
C. Kalkman
New Guinea · Jun – Sep 1966
C. Kalkman in New Guinea, June – September 1966104 specimens · 6 stops · 98 days · 628 km
P. Katik
New Britain and Poi Island · May – Jun 1973
P. Katik in New Britain and Poi Island, May – June 1973104 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 536 km
D.G. Frodin
New Britain and Marklo Island · Mar – May 1966
D.G. Frodin in New Britain and Marklo Island, March – May 196671 specimens · 15 stops · 84 days · 2,009 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
David F. Grether
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
David F. Grether across 9 islands, October – December 194575 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 9 islands, October – December 194574 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 km
Y. Lelean
New Britain and Poi Island · May – Jun 1973
Y. Lelean in New Britain and Poi Island, May – June 197395 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 661 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
P. Katik
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · 1–29 Mar 1979
P. Katik in Rossel Island, Tagula Island and Misima Island, 1–29 March 197997 specimens · 9 stops · 29 days · 570 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
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.