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. 15 journeys so far, 1950 to 1995, 1,836 specimens between them.
14 collectors and expeditions278 days in the field13,874 km between stops1,603 photographed specimens
15 journeys match
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Jan – Jul 1958
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, January – July 1958545 specimens · 28 stops · 184 days · 5,161 km
Harold St.John
4 islands · Oct 1950 – Feb 1951
Harold St.John across 4 islands, October 1950 – February 1951459 specimens · 38 stops · 97 days · 7,479 km
E.Y. Dawson
Okinawa and Luzon · Jan – Apr 1953
E.Y. Dawson in Okinawa and Luzon, January – April 1953138 specimens · 28 stops · 77 days · 1,234 km
L.V. Averyanov
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
L.V. Averyanov in Vietnam, February – April 199574 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days
N.T. Ban
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
N.T. Ban in Vietnam, February – April 199564 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
A. Budantzev
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
A. Budantzev in Vietnam, February – April 199564 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
N.Q. Binh
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
N.Q. Binh in Vietnam, February – April 199558 specimens · 14 stops · 60 days
P.K. Loc
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
P.K. Loc in Vietnam, February – April 199556 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
D.D. Huyen
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
D.D. Huyen in Vietnam, February – April 199556 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
N.T. Hiep
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
N.T. Hiep in Vietnam, February – April 199556 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
N.X. Tam
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
N.X. Tam in Vietnam, February – April 199555 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
L. Budantzev
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
L. Budantzev in Vietnam, February – April 199554 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days
G. Yakovlev
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
G. Yakovlev in Vietnam, February – April 199551 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days
Harold St.John
Reunion and Direction Island · Jan – Mar 1961
Harold St.John in Reunion and Direction Island, January – March 196142 specimens · 12 stops · 54 days
N.R. Spencer
Vietnam · May – Jul 1961
N.R. Spencer in Vietnam, May – July 196164 specimens · 11 stops · 58 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.