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. 132 journeys so far, 1904 to 1994, 20,575 specimens between them.
51 collectors and expeditions1,895 days in the field379,924 km between stops17,232 photographed specimens
132 journeys match
Adolph D.E. Elmer
5 islands · Apr – May 1910
Adolph D.E. Elmer across 5 islands, April – May 1910375 specimens · 3 stops · 31 days
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
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
Romero
Luzon and Mindanao · May – Jun 1992
Romero in Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 1992182 specimens · 14 stops · 17 days
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965158 specimens · 14 stops · 38 days · 6,438 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
Alvarez
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991
Alvarez in Luzon, August – September 1991163 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
Gavino Trono Jr
19 islands of the Philippines · Jun – Jul 1971
Gavino Trono Jr across 19 islands of the Philippines, June – July 1971148 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days
Alvarez
Palawan · May – Jun 1993
Alvarez in Palawan, May – June 1993168 specimens · 9 stops · 29 days · 758 km
R.S. Majaducon
Luzon · Jan – Feb 1994
R.S. Majaducon in Luzon, January – February 1994170 specimens · 10 stops · 16 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
L. Co
3 islands · Apr – May 1991
L. Co in Luzon, Palawan and Isabela, April – May 1991111 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 3,397 km
Adolph D.E. Elmer
6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1912
Adolph D.E. Elmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 1912243 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
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
G.A. Santos
4 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Jun 1968
G.A. Santos across 4 islands of the Philippines, February – June 196884 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 3,115 km
Alvarez
Luzon and Olango · Nov – Dec 1991
Alvarez in Luzon and Olango, November – December 1991124 specimens · 13 stops · 19 days
Fernando
3 islands of the Philippines · Aug – Oct 1993
Fernando in Quezon, Luzon and Quezon Island, August – October 199399 specimens · 14 stops · 62 days
V.B. Alvarez
9 islands of the Philippines · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
V.B. Alvarez across 9 islands of the Philippines, December 1964 – February 1965122 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 2,185 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Sibuyan and Luzon · May – Jun 1992
Benjamin C. Stone in Sibuyan and Luzon, May – June 1992133 specimens · 6 stops · 38 days · 409 km
Ernani Meñez
11 islands of the Philippines · Sep – Oct 1967
Ernani Meñez across 11 islands of the Philippines, September – October 196791 specimens · 14 stops · 41 days · 3,373 km
Fernando
3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992
Fernando in Luzon, Sibuyan and Mindanao, May – June 1992118 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 1,567 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
E.J. Reynoso
3 islands of the Philippines · Jan – Feb 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, Visayas and Sibuyan, January – February 1992119 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days
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.