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
10 journeys match
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
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
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
E.J. Reynoso
Bohol and Cebu · Mar – Apr 1993
E.J. Reynoso in Bohol and Cebu, March – April 1993157 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 77 km
Alvarez
Bohol and Cebu · Mar – Apr 1993
Alvarez in Bohol and Cebu, March – April 1993125 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 1993113 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 196658 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 197844 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 1,531 km
Fuentes
Cebu and Bohol · Mar – Apr 1993
Fuentes in Cebu and Bohol, March – April 199343 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.
