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
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
Y. Lelean
Lavongai and New Ireland · Sep – Oct 1974
Y. Lelean in Lavongai and New Ireland, September – October 1974104 specimens · 4 stops · 46 days · 315 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
J. Vandenberg
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · May – Jun 1969
J. Vandenberg across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, May – June 196985 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days · 913 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
Tsing-Chao Maa
4 countries · May – Sep 1959
Tsing-Chao Maa across 4 countries, May – September 195977 specimens · 16 stops · 102 days
M. Sundue
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
M. Sundue in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016107 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
I. Engilis
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
I. Engilis in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016106 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
A. Hitch
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
A. Hitch in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016106 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
N. Semard
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
N. Semard in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016106 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
H. Maraia
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
H. Maraia in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016106 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
J. Trochet
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
J. Trochet in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016106 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
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
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
M.J.E. Coode
New Ireland and Lavongai · Jan – Feb 1967
M.J.E. Coode in New Ireland and Lavongai, January – February 196763 specimens · 6 stops · 26 days · 472 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
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
K.Q. Damas
New Guinea · Jan – Feb 1989
K.Q. Damas in New Guinea, January – February 198971 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 602 km
Donald Bruce Foreman
Manus Island · Oct – Nov 1974
Donald Bruce Foreman in Manus Island, October – November 197459 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 502 km
Y. Lelean
8 islands of Papua New Guinea · 2–27 Oct 1971
Y. Lelean across 8 islands of Papua New Guinea, 2–27 October 197146 specimens · 8 stops · 26 days · 1,028 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.