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. 14 journeys so far, 1956 to 1991, 1,288 specimens between them.
13 collectors and expeditions312 days in the field47,894 km between stops977 photographed specimens
14 journeys match
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
Harold St.John
16 islands · Jun – Aug 1956
Harold St.John across 16 islands, June – August 1956140 specimens · 31 stops · 69 days · 26,065 km
K.U. Kramer
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
K.U. Kramer in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198078 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
J.C. Wang
Taiwan · Mar – Jun 1985
J.C. Wang in Taiwan, March – June 1985103 specimens · 9 stops · 69 days
T.Y. Yang
Taiwan and Formosa · Aug – Nov 1984
T.Y. Yang in Taiwan and Formosa, August – November 198478 specimens · 18 stops · 98 days
W.S. Tang
Taiwan and Chihyuanshanchuang · Sep – Dec 1984
W.S. Tang in Taiwan and Chihyuanshanchuang, September – December 198476 specimens · 18 stops · 98 days
H. Gassner
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
H. Gassner in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198073 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
E. Zogg
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
E. Zogg in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198072 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Taiwan · 7–25 Sep 1991
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Taiwan, 7–25 September 199188 specimens · 11 stops · 19 days · 505 km
J.C. Wang
Taiwan · Nov 1984 – Jan 1985
J.C. Wang in Taiwan, November 1984 – January 198573 specimens · 9 stops · 48 days
S.-F. Wu Huang
Taiwan · Sep – Oct 1983
S.-F. Wu Huang in Taiwan, September – October 198355 specimens · 9 stops · 51 days
van Steenis
Taiwan and Formosa · 7–18 Aug 1966
van Steenis in Taiwan and Formosa, 7–18 August 196640 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1972
Maxwell S. Doty in Sitangkai, Tumindao and Taiwan, January – February 197291 specimens · 2 stops · 19 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.