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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. 41 journeys so far, 1991 to 1994, 3,799 specimens between them.

13 collectors and expeditions458 days in the field19,183 km between stops3,145 photographed specimens

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon and Sibuyan · Jan – Feb 1994

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon and Sibuyan, January – February 1994

182 specimens · 16 stops · 41 days

Romero

Luzon and Mindanao · May – Jun 1992

Romero in Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 1992

182 specimens · 14 stops · 17 days

Alvarez

Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991

Alvarez in Luzon, August – September 1991

163 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days

R.S. Majaducon

Luzon · Jan – Feb 1994

R.S. Majaducon in Luzon, January – February 1994

170 specimens · 10 stops · 16 days

L. Co

3 islands · Apr – May 1991

L. Co in Luzon, Palawan and Isabela, April – May 1991

111 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 3,397 km

Alvarez

Luzon and Olango · Nov – Dec 1991

Alvarez in Luzon and Olango, November – December 1991

124 specimens · 13 stops · 19 days

Fernando

3 islands of the Philippines · Aug – Oct 1993

Fernando in Quezon, Luzon and Quezon Island, August – October 1993

99 specimens · 14 stops · 62 days

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

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

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

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

Fernando

Luzon and Sibuyan · Jan – Feb 1992

Fernando in Luzon and Sibuyan, January – February 1992

118 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days

E.B. Barbon

Luzon · May – Jun 1992

E.B. Barbon in Luzon, May – June 1992

133 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days

Fuentes

Luzon · 18–28 Jan 1994

Fuentes in Luzon, 18–28 January 1994

122 specimens · 6 stops · 11 days

Alvarez

Mindanao and Luzon · 1–9 Mar 1991

Alvarez in Mindanao and Luzon, 1–9 March 1991

185 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 1,087 km

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

Romero

Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991

Romero in Luzon, 6–17 September 1991

85 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

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

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

G.C.G. Argent

3 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1992

G.C.G. Argent in Luzon, Palawan and Mindanao, February – March 1992

69 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 1,326 km

Fernando

Mindanao and Luzon · 3–29 Mar 1992

Fernando in Mindanao and Luzon, 3–29 March 1992

53 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days · 972 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.