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. 11 journeys so far, 1960 to 1969, 1,033 specimens between them.
11 collectors and expeditions255 days in the field74,877 km between stops824 photographed specimens
11 journeys match
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
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
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
R.M. King
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.M. King in Thailand, June – July 196395 specimens · 8 stops · 44 days
K. Larsen
Thailand · Jul – Aug 1966
K. Larsen in Thailand, July – August 196643 specimens · 20 stops · 56 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
R.M. Bird
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.M. Bird in Thailand, June – July 196340 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.