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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. 224 journeys so far, 1990 to 1999, 25,075 specimens between them.

123 collectors and expeditions3,140 days in the field546,618 km between stops16,341 photographed specimens

M.A. Evans

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990

M.A. Evans in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Maui, June – July 1990

142 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 100 km

Jacques Florence

5 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – May 1992

Jacques Florence across 5 islands of French Polynesia, March – May 1992

227 specimens · 6 stops · 49 days · 2,824 km

M. Merello

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992

M. Merello in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992

152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km

J.S. Miller

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992

J.S. Miller in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992

152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km

L.M. Hodgson

3 islands · Oct – Nov 1994

L.M. Hodgson in Ant Atoll, Maui and Pohnpei, October – November 1994

134 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 5,292 km

Benjamin C. Stone

Sibuyan and Luzon · May – Jun 1992

Benjamin C. Stone in Sibuyan and Luzon, May – June 1992

133 specimens · 6 stops · 38 days · 409 km

R.J.J. Rudd

Australia · Apr – May 1991

R.J.J. Rudd in Australia, April – May 1991

85 specimens · 21 stops · 23 days · 2,600 km

Fernando

3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992

Fernando in Luzon, Sibuyan and Mindanao, May – June 1992

118 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 1,567 km

C.R. Annable

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1998

C.R. Annable across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1998

97 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 1,111 km

E.J. Reynoso

3 islands of the Philippines · Jan – Feb 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, Visayas and Sibuyan, January – February 1992

119 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days

Alvarez

Luzon · Jan – Feb 1992

Alvarez in Luzon, January – February 1992

117 specimens · 8 stops · 30 days · 68 km

Afrastini Ismail

New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993

Afrastini Ismail in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993

133 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km

Benjamin C. Stone

Mindoro · Mar – Apr 1991

Benjamin C. Stone in Mindoro, March – April 1991

99 specimens · 13 stops · 21 days

J.A. McDonald

New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993

J.A. McDonald in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993

131 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km

W.R. Sykes

Rarotonga and Mangaia · Jan – Feb 1990

W.R. Sykes in Rarotonga and Mangaia, January – February 1990

103 specimens · 35 stops · 40 days · 5,124 km

Benjamin C. Stone

Negros and Luzon · 3–31 Mar 1992

Benjamin C. Stone in Negros and Luzon, 3–31 March 1992

99 specimens · 10 stops · 29 days · 623 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands · Jan – Feb 1991

Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Mbanika and Oʻahu, January – February 1991

168 specimens · 6 stops · 29 days · 230 km

Maklon Warpur

3 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994

Maklon Warpur in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, March – May 1994

82 specimens · 16 stops · 73 days · 8,402 km

Fernando

Mindanao · Jul – Aug 1991

Fernando in Mindanao, July – August 1991

114 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days

A. Sadili

New Guinea · Jan – Mar 1998

A. Sadili in New Guinea, January – March 1998

87 specimens · 12 stops · 78 days · 3,446 km

E.J. Reynoso

Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 1992

91 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days

Fernando

Luzon and Sibuyan · Jan – Feb 1992

Fernando in Luzon and Sibuyan, January – February 1992

118 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days

E.J. Reynoso

Negros · 18–29 May 1991

E.J. Reynoso in Negros, 18–29 May 1991

103 specimens · 10 stops · 12 days

Romero

Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991

Romero in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991

107 specimens · 8 stops · 17 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.