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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. 10 journeys so far, 1957 to 1993, 2,121 specimens between them.

8 collectors and expeditions187 days in the field18,170 km between stops1,964 photographed specimens

G.E. Edano

35 islands · Jan – May 1957

G.E. Edano across 35 islands, January – May 1957

653 specimens · 58 stops · 131 days · 4,198 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

36 islands · Jan – May 1957

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 36 islands, January – May 1957

648 specimens · 59 stops · 131 days · 2,868 km

Maxwell S. Doty

11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965

Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965

158 specimens · 14 stops · 38 days · 6,438 km

V.B. Alvarez

9 islands of the Philippines · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965

V.B. Alvarez across 9 islands of the Philippines, December 1964 – February 1965

122 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 2,185 km

E.J. Reynoso

Bohol and Cebu · Mar – Apr 1993

E.J. Reynoso in Bohol and Cebu, March – April 1993

157 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 77 km

Alvarez

Bohol and Cebu · Mar – Apr 1993

Alvarez in Bohol and Cebu, March – April 1993

125 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 77 km

D.A. Madulid

Olango and Bohol · 20–25 Mar 1993

D.A. Madulid in Olango and Bohol, 20–25 March 1993

113 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 62 km

Maxwell S. Doty

6 islands · Dec 1965 – Jan 1966

Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, December 1965 – January 1966

58 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days · 657 km

Maxwell S. Doty

Borneo and Bohol · 12–25 Oct 1978

Maxwell S. Doty in Borneo and Bohol, 12–25 October 1978

44 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 1,531 km

Fuentes

Cebu and Bohol · Mar – Apr 1993

Fuentes in Cebu and Bohol, March – April 1993

43 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 77 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.