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. 139 journeys so far, 1904 to 1994, 23,939 specimens between them.
57 collectors and expeditions2,222 days in the field420,371 km between stops17,232 photographed specimens
139 journeys match
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
Alvarez
Luzon · Jan – Feb 1992
Alvarez in Luzon, January – February 1992117 specimens · 8 stops · 30 days · 68 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Mindoro · Mar – Apr 1991
Benjamin C. Stone in Mindoro, March – April 199199 specimens · 13 stops · 21 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Negros and Luzon · 3–31 Mar 1992
Benjamin C. Stone in Negros and Luzon, 3–31 March 199299 specimens · 10 stops · 29 days · 623 km
Fernando
Mindanao · Jul – Aug 1991
Fernando in Mindanao, July – August 1991114 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days
H.H. Bartlett
5 islands of the Philippines · Jul – Oct 1935
H.H. Bartlett across 5 islands of the Philippines, July – October 193568 specimens · 15 stops · 120 days · 1,945 km
E.J. Reynoso
Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 199291 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days
Fernando
Luzon and Sibuyan · Jan – Feb 1992
Fernando in Luzon and Sibuyan, January – February 1992118 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days
E.J. Reynoso
Negros · 18–29 May 1991
E.J. Reynoso in Negros, 18–29 May 1991103 specimens · 10 stops · 12 days
David F. Grether
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
David F. Grether across 9 islands, October – December 194575 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 km
Romero
Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991
Romero in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991107 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days
D.A. Madulid
Palawan and Coron · Sep – Nov 1993
D.A. Madulid in Palawan and Coron, September – November 199370 specimens · 18 stops · 67 days
Fernando
Mindanao and Dinagat Island · Sep – Oct 1991
Fernando in Mindanao and Dinagat Island, September – October 1991110 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
Fernando
Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991
Fernando in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991106 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 9 islands, October – December 194574 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 km
Alvarez
Leyte · 8–22 Aug 1992
Alvarez in Leyte, 8–22 August 199284 specimens · 14 stops · 15 days
Romero
Mindanao · Apr – May 1992
Romero in Mindanao, April – May 199277 specimens · 13 stops · 31 days
M. Jacobs
Luzon · Jan – Feb 1968
M. Jacobs in Luzon, January – February 196869 specimens · 15 stops · 28 days · 278 km
E.B. Barbon
Luzon · May – Jun 1992
E.B. Barbon in Luzon, May – June 1992133 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Siargao and Bucas Grande · May – Jun 1993
Benjamin C. Stone in Siargao and Bucas Grande, May – June 1993183 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 15 km
G.A. Santos
8 islands of the Philippines · Jul – Sep 1971
G.A. Santos across 8 islands of the Philippines, July – September 197159 specimens · 14 stops · 71 days · 2,580 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.