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. 18 journeys so far, 1952 to 1960, 5,427 specimens between them.
12 collectors and expeditions516 days in the field197,535 km between stops4,101 photographed specimens
18 journeys match
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Sulu Island · Nov 1952 – Jun 1953
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Sulu Island, November 1952 – June 1953749 specimens · 29 stops · 217 days · 1,689 km
G.E. Edano
35 islands · Jan – May 1957
G.E. Edano across 35 islands, January – May 1957653 specimens · 58 stops · 131 days · 4,198 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
36 islands · Jan – May 1957
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 36 islands, January – May 1957648 specimens · 59 stops · 131 days · 2,868 km
Jan Newhouse
11 islands · Jun – Sep 1952
Jan Newhouse across 11 islands, June – September 1952713 specimens · 52 stops · 120 days · 10,694 km
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Jan – Jul 1958
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, January – July 1958545 specimens · 28 stops · 184 days · 5,161 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
5 islands · Nov 1953 – Feb 1954
F. Raymond Fosberg across 5 islands, November 1953 – February 1954343 specimens · 50 stops · 83 days · 28,095 km
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Sep 1953 – Aug 1954
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, September 1953 – August 1954309 specimens · 40 stops · 315 days · 78,333 km
Harold St.John
7 islands · Nov – Dec 1953
Harold St.John across 7 islands, November – December 1953254 specimens · 14 stops · 33 days · 9,010 km
G.T. Velasquez
Catanduanes and Luzon · Apr – May 1958
G.T. Velasquez in Catanduanes and Luzon, April – May 1958338 specimens · 7 stops · 36 days · 640 km
E.Y. Dawson
Okinawa and Luzon · Jan – Apr 1953
E.Y. Dawson in Okinawa and Luzon, January – April 1953138 specimens · 28 stops · 77 days · 1,234 km
Donald P. Abbott
9 islands · Jan – Mar 1957
Donald P. Abbott across 9 islands, January – March 1957161 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days
Ernani Meñez
5 islands of the Philippines · Jun – Jul 1958
Ernani Meñez across 5 islands of the Philippines, June – July 1958187 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 1,713 km
Ernani Meñez
4 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1958
Ernani Meñez across 4 islands of the Philippines, February – March 1958156 specimens · 5 stops · 23 days · 117 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Dec 1957 – Jan 1958
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, December 1957 – January 195861 specimens · 17 stops · 32 days · 36,429 km
H.E. Milliron
4 islands · May – Oct 1958
H.E. Milliron across 4 islands, May – October 195841 specimens · 18 stops · 136 days · 10,829 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Aguijan · Jan – Feb 1952
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Aguijan, January – February 195243 specimens · 5 stops · 34 days · 6,123 km
Tsing-Chao Maa
Buka Island · Sep 1959 – Mar 1960
Tsing-Chao Maa in Buka Island, September 1959 – March 196045 specimens · 10 stops · 169 days
Ernani Meñez
3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1958
Ernani Meñez in Cuyo, Palawan and Mindanao, April – May 195843 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 402 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.