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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

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, 6–17 September 1991

86 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

Fuentes

Luzon · May – Jun 1992

Fuentes in Luzon, May – June 1992

125 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days

D.D. Huyen

Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995

D.D. Huyen in Vietnam, February – April 1995

56 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days

P.K. Loc

Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995

P.K. Loc in Vietnam, February – April 1995

56 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days

N.T. Hiep

Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995

N.T. Hiep in Vietnam, February – April 1995

56 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days

Romero

Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991

Romero in Luzon, 6–17 September 1991

85 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

M. Sagisolo

New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – May 1994

M. Sagisolo in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – May 1994

59 specimens · 13 stops · 73 days · 8,057 km

J.S. Burley

New Guinea · 15–26 May 1991

J.S. Burley in New Guinea, 15–26 May 1991

134 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 667 km

N.X. Tam

Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995

N.X. Tam in Vietnam, February – April 1995

55 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days

Afrastini Ismail

Ceram · Nov – Dec 1990

Afrastini Ismail in Ceram, November – December 1990

66 specimens · 13 stops · 15 days · 30 km

J.K. Jarvie

Borneo and Indonesia · Jan – Feb 1995

J.K. Jarvie in Borneo and Indonesia, January – February 1995

58 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days · 63,156 km

H. Koyama

New Caledonia · Feb – Mar 1992

H. Koyama in New Caledonia, February – March 1992

111 specimens · 12 stops · 25 days

Ralph C. DeFelice

Oʻahu and Midway Atoll · Aug – Nov 1997

Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu and Midway Atoll, August – November 1997

180 specimens · 3 stops · 78 days · 4,219 km

E.J. Reynoso

Bohol and Cebu · Mar – Apr 1993

E.J. Reynoso in Bohol and Cebu, March – April 1993

157 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 77 km

E.J. Reynoso

3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Sibuyan, Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 1992

73 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,568 km

L. Budantzev

Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995

L. Budantzev in Vietnam, February – April 1995

54 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days

Jacques Florence

3 islands of French Polynesia · Oct – Nov 1992

Jacques Florence in Huahine, Tahaa and Raivavae, October – November 1992

256 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 54 km

Angela Kay Kepler

Caroline Atoll · Mar – Apr 1990

Angela Kay Kepler in Caroline Atoll, March – April 1990

106 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days

G. Yakovlev

Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995

G. Yakovlev in Vietnam, February – April 1995

51 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days

E.C. Sagcal Jr.

Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992

E.C. Sagcal Jr. in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 1992

74 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days

Garcia

Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992

Garcia in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 1992

74 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days

E.J. Reynoso

Palawan and Luzon · Jan – Feb 1991

E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Luzon, January – February 1991

66 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 1,346 km

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon and Northern Luzon · Jul – Aug 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon and Northern Luzon, July – August 1992

59 specimens · 14 stops · 17 days

David Palmer

Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Jul 1992

David Palmer in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – July 1992

62 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 338 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.