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. 13 journeys so far, 1991 to 1999, 1,124 specimens between them.
13 collectors and expeditions253 days in the field40,245 km between stops844 photographed specimens
13 journeys match
M. Jitmau
3 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994
M. Jitmau in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Borneo, March – May 1994128 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 1999122 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 1993133 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 1993131 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 199482 specimens · 16 stops · 73 days · 8,402 km
Peter J. Edwards
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – Apr 1999
Peter J. Edwards in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – April 199988 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 1995113 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 199459 specimens · 13 stops · 73 days · 8,057 km
Soetjipto Moeljono
4 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994
Soetjipto Moeljono across 4 islands of Indonesia, March – May 199456 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 199163 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
U.W. Mayar
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1995
U.W. Mayar in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 199544 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 199454 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 123 km
S. Thomas
3 islands of Indonesia · 4–22 Apr 1995
S. Thomas in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, 4–22 April 199551 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.