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. 26 journeys so far, 1922 to 1993, 3,631 specimens between them.
23 collectors and expeditions661 days in the field158,884 km between stops2,700 photographed specimens
26 journeys match
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sri Lanka and Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1975
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sri Lanka and Oʻahu, October – December 1975936 specimens · 26 stops · 44 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
14 islands · Mar – Sep 1956
F. Raymond Fosberg across 14 islands, March – September 1956258 specimens · 81 stops · 177 days · 16,398 km
Johnson Randall
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1979
Johnson Randall across 13 islands, February – June 1979344 specimens · 33 stops · 111 days · 11,568 km
H.P. Nooteboom
3 islands · Jan – Mar 1969
H.P. Nooteboom in Borneo, Sabah and Java, January – March 1969194 specimens · 27 stops · 73 days · 38,443 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Otto Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964168 specimens · 57 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Isa Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964153 specimens · 55 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
6 islands · Aug – Dec 1957
Judson Linsley Gressitt across 6 islands, August – December 1957131 specimens · 30 stops · 113 days · 9,370 km
E.F. Anderson
Thailand · Oct 1976 – Feb 1977
E.F. Anderson in Thailand, October 1976 – February 1977118 specimens · 17 stops · 123 days · 2,502 km
H.J. Jensen
7 islands · Feb – May 1922
H.J. Jensen across 7 islands, February – May 192291 specimens · 37 stops · 106 days
T.K. Newell
9 islands · Aug – Nov 1966
T.K. Newell across 9 islands, August – November 1966116 specimens · 27 stops · 91 days · 12,029 km
Gerald R. Allen
9 islands · Feb – Apr 1979
Gerald R. Allen across 9 islands, February – April 1979163 specimens · 18 stops · 73 days · 5,891 km
Harold St.John
Singapore and Penang · May – Jul 1960
Harold St.John in Singapore and Penang, May – July 196082 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 3,081 km
Elsie Overstreet
4 islands · Sep – Nov 1937
Elsie Overstreet across 4 islands, September – November 193780 specimens · 17 stops · 48 days
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
6 islands · Oct – Dec 1989
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 6 islands, October – December 1989103 specimens · 14 stops · 61 days · 893 km
R.M. King
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.M. King in Thailand, June – July 196395 specimens · 8 stops · 44 days
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Penang · Aug – Nov 1983
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Penang, August – November 198355 specimens · 14 stops · 77 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Guinea · Aug – Dec 1958
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, August – December 195867 specimens · 26 stops · 110 days · 956 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Dec 1957 – Jan 1958
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, December 1957 – January 195861 specimens · 17 stops · 32 days · 36,429 km
K. Larsen
Thailand · Jul – Aug 1966
K. Larsen in Thailand, July – August 196643 specimens · 20 stops · 56 days
D.B. Sumithraarachchi
Sri Lanka · 20–26 Nov 1975
D.B. Sumithraarachchi in Sri Lanka, 20–26 November 197577 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
L. Wester
Thailand · Oct – Nov 1993
L. Wester in Thailand, October – November 199344 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days
B. Tantisewie
Thailand · 8–28 Jan 1969
B. Tantisewie in Thailand, 8–28 January 196947 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days
R.A. Darrow
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.A. Darrow in Thailand, June – July 196348 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
E.L. Robinson
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
E.L. Robinson in Thailand, June – July 196347 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
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.