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. 10 journeys so far, 1972 to 1979, 2,405 specimens between them.
10 collectors and expeditions260 days in the field36,847 km between stops1,079 photographed specimens
10 journeys match
Johnson Randall
12 islands · Jun – Sep 1973
Johnson Randall across 12 islands, June – September 1973770 specimens · 45 stops · 83 days · 15,630 km
J.M. Powell
6 islands · Apr – Jul 1972
J.M. Powell across 6 islands, April – July 1972377 specimens · 34 stops · 109 days · 11,538 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
5 islands of Papua New Guinea · Mar – Jun 1979
Seymour H. Sohmer across 5 islands of Papua New Guinea, March – June 1979294 specimens · 22 stops · 106 days · 3,435 km
J.R. Croft
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · May – Jun 1973
J.R. Croft in New Britain, Ott Island and Kakolan, May – June 1973185 specimens · 9 stops · 38 days · 542 km
Gerald R. Allen
7 islands · Jul – Aug 1973
Gerald R. Allen across 7 islands, July – August 1973241 specimens · 22 stops · 48 days · 2,361 km
Peter F. Stevens
New Britain · May – Jun 1973
Peter F. Stevens in New Britain, May – June 1973128 specimens · 7 stops · 39 days · 351 km
R.S. Isles
New Britain and Ott Island · May – Jun 1973
R.S. Isles in New Britain and Ott Island, May – June 1973103 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 784 km
P. Katik
New Britain and Poi Island · May – Jun 1973
P. Katik in New Britain and Poi Island, May – June 1973104 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 536 km
Y. Lelean
New Britain and Poi Island · May – Jun 1973
Y. Lelean in New Britain and Poi Island, May – June 197395 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 661 km
Roger C. Steene
3 islands · 8–20 Aug 1973
Roger C. Steene in Madang Province, Port Moresby and New Britain, 8–20 August 1973108 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days · 1,009 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.