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
Garcia
Negros and Luzon · May – Jun 1991
Garcia in Negros and Luzon, May – June 199149 specimens · 6 stops · 26 days
Romero
Mindanao · Aug – Sep 1993
Romero in Mindanao, August – September 199357 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
Garcia
Samar and Visayas · Jan – Feb 1992
Garcia in Samar and Visayas, January – February 199240 specimens · 7 stops · 43 days
P. McKown
3 islands · 1–6 Feb 1970
P. McKown in New Caledonia, Isle Of Pines and Cebu, 1–6 February 197056 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
Tsing-Chao Maa
Buka Island · Sep 1959 – Mar 1960
Tsing-Chao Maa in Buka Island, September 1959 – March 196045 specimens · 10 stops · 169 days
Garcia
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991
Garcia in Luzon, August – September 199162 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days
E.B. Barbon
Luzon and Leyte · Oct – Nov 1992
E.B. Barbon in Luzon and Leyte, October – November 199241 specimens · 5 stops · 35 days
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Mindanao · Aug – Sep 1993
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao, August – September 199358 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
Romero
Luzon · 1–15 Jul 1994
Romero in Luzon, 1–15 July 199462 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 93 km
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1992
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Luzon, August – September 199246 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days
R.C. McGregor
5 islands of the Philippines · 1–20 Jun 1914
R.C. McGregor across 5 islands of the Philippines, 1–20 June 191451 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
E.J. Reynoso
Palawan and Plawan Island · Jul – Aug 1988
E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Plawan Island, July – August 198841 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 116 km
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1972
Maxwell S. Doty in Sitangkai, Tumindao and Taiwan, January – February 197291 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days
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
N.H. Wilson
the Philippines · Jul – Aug 1964
N.H. Wilson in the Philippines, July – August 196451 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days
D.S. Rabor
the Philippines · Mar – May 1962
D.S. Rabor in the Philippines, March – May 196245 specimens · 5 stops · 50 days
Ernani Meñez
3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1958
Ernani Meñez in Cuyo, Palawan and Mindanao, April – May 195843 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 402 km
Fuentes
Luzon · 1–15 Jul 1994
Fuentes in Luzon, 1–15 July 199442 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 93 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.