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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. 21 journeys so far, 1957 to 1993, 4,187 specimens between them.

16 collectors and expeditions424 days in the field68,570 km between stops3,690 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 · Jan – Jul 1958

Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, January – July 1958

545 specimens · 28 stops · 184 days · 5,161 km

Maxwell S. Doty

32 islands · Jun – Aug 1966

Maxwell S. Doty across 32 islands, June – August 1966

360 specimens · 19 stops · 92 days · 24,280 km

L.E. Hair

25 islands · Jun – Aug 1966

L.E. Hair across 25 islands, June – August 1966

263 specimens · 10 stops · 73 days · 5,300 km

E.J. Reynoso

Palawan and Coron · May – Jun 1993

E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Coron, May – June 1993

203 specimens · 13 stops · 35 days · 1,515 km

Benjamin C. Stone

Palawan and Palawan Island · Jan – Feb 1991

Benjamin C. Stone in Palawan and Palawan Island, January – February 1991

190 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days

G.T. Kraft

22 islands of the Philippines · Apr – Jul 1968

G.T. Kraft across 22 islands of the Philippines, April – July 1968

166 specimens · 24 stops · 82 days · 3,991 km

D.D. Soejarto

3 islands of the Philippines · Jun – Aug 1988

D.D. Soejarto in Palawan, Palawan Island and Plawan Island, June – August 1988

166 specimens · 14 stops · 42 days · 754 km

Alvarez

Palawan · May – Jun 1993

Alvarez in Palawan, May – June 1993

168 specimens · 9 stops · 29 days · 758 km

L. Co

3 islands · Apr – May 1991

L. Co in Luzon, Palawan and Isabela, April – May 1991

111 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 3,397 km

D.A. Madulid

Palawan and Palawan Island · Jun – Aug 1988

D.A. Madulid in Palawan and Palawan Island, June – August 1988

121 specimens · 11 stops · 42 days · 624 km

D.A. Madulid

Palawan and Coron · Sep – Nov 1993

D.A. Madulid in Palawan and Coron, September – November 1993

70 specimens · 18 stops · 67 days

E.J. Reynoso

Palawan and Luzon · Jan – Feb 1991

E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Luzon, January – February 1991

66 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 1,346 km

Seymour H. Sohmer

6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1985

Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 1985

79 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 286 km

G.C.G. Argent

3 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1992

G.C.G. Argent in Luzon, Palawan and Mindanao, February – March 1992

69 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 1,326 km

E.J. Reynoso

Palawan and Cebu · Jul – Aug 1986

E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Cebu, July – August 1986

89 specimens · 3 stops · 27 days · 567 km

H.E. Milliron

4 islands · May – Oct 1958

H.E. Milliron across 4 islands, May – October 1958

41 specimens · 18 stops · 136 days · 10,829 km

Fuentes

Palawan and Luzon · Jun – Jul 1993

Fuentes in Palawan and Luzon, June – July 1993

95 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 852 km

E.J. Reynoso

Palawan and Plawan Island · Jul – Aug 1988

E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Plawan Island, July – August 1988

41 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 116 km

Ernani Meñez

3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1958

Ernani Meñez in Cuyo, Palawan and Mindanao, April – May 1958

43 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.