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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. 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

Fuentes

Luzon · 18–28 Jan 1994

Fuentes in Luzon, 18–28 January 1994

122 specimens · 6 stops · 11 days

Alvarez

Mindanao and Luzon · 1–9 Mar 1991

Alvarez in Mindanao and Luzon, 1–9 March 1991

185 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 1,087 km

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, 6–17 September 1991

86 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

Fuentes

Luzon · May – Jun 1992

Fuentes in Luzon, May – June 1992

125 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days

H.A. Miller

5 islands · May – Jun 1965

H.A. Miller across 5 islands, May – June 1965

95 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 2,591 km

Romero

Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991

Romero in Luzon, 6–17 September 1991

85 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

Maxwell S. Doty

7 islands · May – Jun 1973

Maxwell S. Doty across 7 islands, May – June 1973

66 specimens · 9 stops · 60 days · 36,912 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

E.J. Reynoso

3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Sibuyan, Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 1992

73 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,568 km

F. Raymond Fosberg

4 islands · Dec 1957 – Jan 1958

F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, December 1957 – January 1958

61 specimens · 17 stops · 32 days · 36,429 km

E.C. Sagcal Jr.

Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992

E.C. Sagcal Jr. in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 1992

74 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days

Garcia

Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992

Garcia in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 1992

74 specimens · 8 stops · 33 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

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon and Northern Luzon · Jul – Aug 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon and Northern Luzon, July – August 1992

59 specimens · 14 stops · 17 days

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

Romero

Leyte · Feb – Mar 1993

Romero in Leyte, February – March 1993

66 specimens · 7 stops · 34 days

Seymour H. Sohmer

Sibuyan · 12–21 May 1987

Seymour H. Sohmer in Sibuyan, 12–21 May 1987

85 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days

G.T. Kraft

Luzon · 1–27 Mar 1968

G.T. Kraft in Luzon, 1–27 March 1968

58 specimens · 10 stops · 27 days

Fernando

Mindanao and Luzon · 3–29 Mar 1992

Fernando in Mindanao and Luzon, 3–29 March 1992

53 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days · 972 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

D.L. Topping

Luzon · Mar – May 1904

D.L. Topping in Luzon, March – May 1904

70 specimens · 4 stops · 43 days

Alvarez

Bohol and Cebu · Mar – Apr 1993

Alvarez in Bohol and Cebu, March – April 1993

125 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 77 km

Fuentes

3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1991

Fuentes in Negros, Mindoro and Mindanao, April – May 1991

54 specimens · 9 stops · 49 days · 689 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.