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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. 24 journeys so far, 1991 to 1999, 1,967 specimens between them.

19 collectors and expeditions424 days in the field58,897 km between stops1,552 photographed specimens

J.C. Regalado Jr.

New Guinea and New Britain · Jun – Sep 1994

J.C. Regalado Jr. in New Guinea and New Britain, June – September 1994

114 specimens · 19 stops · 88 days · 3,616 km

Pratita Puradyatmika

New Guinea · Jan – Mar 1998

Pratita Puradyatmika in New Guinea, January – March 1998

114 specimens · 17 stops · 78 days · 3,724 km

M. Jitmau

3 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994

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

128 specimens · 10 stops · 76 days · 4,100 km

Fiona R. Willis

New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – Apr 1999

Fiona R. Willis in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – April 1999

122 specimens · 13 stops · 40 days · 1,153 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

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

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

A. Sadili

New Guinea · Jan – Mar 1998

A. Sadili in New Guinea, January – March 1998

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

Peter J. Edwards

New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – Apr 1999

Peter J. Edwards in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – April 1999

88 specimens · 11 stops · 41 days · 339 km

A.P. Davis

3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1995

A.P. Davis in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 1995

113 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 306 km

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

Afrastini Ismail

New Guinea · 15–26 May 1991

Afrastini Ismail in New Guinea, 15–26 May 1991

110 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 667 km

Soetjipto Moeljono

4 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994

Soetjipto Moeljono across 4 islands of Indonesia, March – May 1994

56 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 7,718 km

E.A. Widjaja

New Guinea and Irian Jaya · 4–15 Jun 1991

E.A. Widjaja in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, 4–15 June 1991

63 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

Pratita Puradyatmika

New Guinea · Oct – Dec 1998

Pratita Puradyatmika in New Guinea, October – December 1998

47 specimens · 7 stops · 72 days · 3,262 km

U.W. Mayar

3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1995

U.W. Mayar in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 1995

44 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 5,403 km

Y. Magablo

3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1994

Y. Magablo in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 1994

54 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 123 km

C. Barker

New Guinea · 7–28 Aug 1998

C. Barker in New Guinea, 7–28 August 1998

46 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 106 km

John H. Beaman

New Guinea · Aug – Sep 1998

John H. Beaman in New Guinea, August – September 1998

44 specimens · 5 stops · 38 days · 89 km

J.C. Regalado Jr.

New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1995

J.C. Regalado Jr. in New Guinea, June – July 1995

61 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 624 km

A. Sadili

New Guinea · Oct – Nov 1998

A. Sadili in New Guinea, October – November 1998

43 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 1,594 km

J.C. Regalado Jr.

New Guinea and New Ireland · 1–16 Aug 1995

J.C. Regalado Jr. in New Guinea and New Ireland, 1–16 August 1995

43 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days · 857 km

S. Thomas

3 islands of Indonesia · 4–22 Apr 1995

S. Thomas in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, 4–22 April 1995

51 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days · 24 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.