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. 11 journeys so far, 1985 to 1988, 1,327 specimens between them.
7 collectors and expeditions103 days in the field11,413 km between stops1,242 photographed specimens
11 journeys match
J.S. Burley
3 islands of the Philippines · Mar – Apr 1987
J.S. Burley in Luzon, Mindoro and Mindoro Oriental, March – April 1987366 specimens · 13 stops · 39 days · 3,461 km
D.D. Soejarto
3 islands of the Philippines · Jun – Aug 1988
D.D. Soejarto in Palawan, Palawan Island and Plawan Island, June – August 1988166 specimens · 14 stops · 42 days · 754 km
J.S. Burley
3 islands · Sep – Oct 1987
J.S. Burley in Borneo, Sarawak and Luzon, September – October 1987141 specimens · 15 stops · 45 days · 5,605 km
D.A. Madulid
Palawan and Palawan Island · Jun – Aug 1988
D.A. Madulid in Palawan and Palawan Island, June – August 1988121 specimens · 11 stops · 42 days · 624 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1985
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 198579 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 286 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sibuyan · 12–21 May 1987
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sibuyan, 12–21 May 198785 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
E.J. Reynoso
Palawan and Cebu · Jul – Aug 1986
E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Cebu, July – August 198689 specimens · 3 stops · 27 days · 567 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Luzon and Quezon · 9–14 Feb 1985
Seymour H. Sohmer in Luzon and Quezon, 9–14 February 198581 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
G.S. Varadarajan
Panay and Panay Island · 3–8 Aug 1987
G.S. Varadarajan in Panay and Panay Island, 3–8 August 198781 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
E.J. Reynosa
Panay · 3–8 Aug 1987
E.J. Reynosa in Panay, 3–8 August 198777 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
E.J. Reynoso
Palawan and Plawan Island · Jul – Aug 1988
E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Plawan Island, July – August 198841 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 116 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.