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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. 225 journeys so far, 1990 to 1999, 25,770 specimens between them.

123 collectors and expeditions3,162 days in the field546,199 km between stops16,376 photographed specimens

Romero

Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991

Romero in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991

107 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days

D.A. Madulid

Palawan and Coron · Sep – Nov 1993

D.A. Madulid in Palawan and Coron, September – November 1993

70 specimens · 18 stops · 67 days

Fernando

Mindanao and Dinagat Island · Sep – Oct 1991

Fernando in Mindanao and Dinagat Island, September – October 1991

110 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days

Fernando

Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991

Fernando in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991

106 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days

L.V. Averyanov

Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995

L.V. Averyanov in Vietnam, February – April 1995

74 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days

Jacques Florence

3 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – Apr 1990

Jacques Florence in Niau, Toau and Mehetia Island, March – April 1990

156 specimens · 7 stops · 33 days · 1,558 km

Warren L. Wagner Jr.

Taiwan · 7–25 Sep 1991

Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Taiwan, 7–25 September 1991

88 specimens · 11 stops · 19 days · 505 km

W.C. McClatchey

Rotuma and Solnohu Island · Sep – Dec 1991

W.C. McClatchey in Rotuma and Solnohu Island, September – December 1991

104 specimens · 23 stops · 76 days · 4 km

Alvarez

Leyte · 8–22 Aug 1992

Alvarez in Leyte, 8–22 August 1992

84 specimens · 14 stops · 15 days

Angela Kay Kepler

15 islands of Micronesia · 4–13 Aug 1993

Angela Kay Kepler across 15 islands of Micronesia, 4–13 August 1993

144 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days

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

Romero

Mindanao · Apr – May 1992

Romero in Mindanao, April – May 1992

77 specimens · 13 stops · 31 days

Ismail Tukirin

Ceram and Seram · Nov – Dec 1990

Ismail Tukirin in Ceram and Seram, November – December 1990

86 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 1,446 km

Robert H. Cowie

5 islands · Oct – Nov 1992

Robert H. Cowie across 5 islands, October – November 1992

131 specimens · 14 stops · 35 days · 503 km

A. Budantzev

Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995

A. Budantzev in Vietnam, February – April 1995

64 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days

N.T. Ban

Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995

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

64 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days

M. Kiehn

5 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1990

M. Kiehn across 5 islands of the United States, July – September 1990

60 specimens · 16 stops · 65 days · 1,646 km

J.S. Burley

Ceram and Seram · Nov – Dec 1990

J.S. Burley in Ceram and Seram, November – December 1990

88 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days · 1,446 km

Robert H. Cowie

Tutuila · 6–16 Oct 1998

Robert H. Cowie in Tutuila, 6–16 October 1998

172 specimens · 10 stops · 11 days

P. Welton

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Jul 1990

P. Welton in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – July 1990

61 specimens · 17 stops · 51 days · 459 km

E. Gibney

Oʻahu · Dec 1997 – Apr 1998

E. Gibney in Oʻahu, December 1997 – April 1998

43 specimens · 32 stops · 103 days · 755 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

E.B. Barbon

Luzon · May – Jun 1992

E.B. Barbon in Luzon, May – June 1992

133 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days

Benjamin C. Stone

Siargao and Bucas Grande · May – Jun 1993

Benjamin C. Stone in Siargao and Bucas Grande, May – June 1993

183 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 15 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.