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. 22 journeys so far, 1991 to 1993, 1,886 specimens between them.
8 collectors and expeditions212 days in the field12,072 km between stops1,597 photographed specimens
22 journeys match
Romero
Luzon and Mindanao · May – Jun 1992
Romero in Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 1992182 specimens · 14 stops · 17 days
Fernando
3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992
Fernando in Luzon, Sibuyan and Mindanao, May – June 1992118 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 1,567 km
Fernando
Mindanao · Jul – Aug 1991
Fernando in Mindanao, July – August 1991114 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days
Romero
Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991
Romero in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991107 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days
Fernando
Mindanao and Dinagat Island · Sep – Oct 1991
Fernando in Mindanao and Dinagat Island, September – October 1991110 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
Fernando
Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991
Fernando in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991106 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days
Romero
Mindanao · Apr – May 1992
Romero in Mindanao, April – May 199277 specimens · 13 stops · 31 days
Alvarez
Mindanao and Luzon · 1–9 Mar 1991
Alvarez in Mindanao and Luzon, 1–9 March 1991185 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 1,087 km
E.J. Reynoso
3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Sibuyan, Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 199273 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,568 km
G.C.G. Argent
3 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1992
G.C.G. Argent in Luzon, Palawan and Mindanao, February – March 199269 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 1,326 km
Fernando
Mindanao and Luzon · 3–29 Mar 1992
Fernando in Mindanao and Luzon, 3–29 March 199253 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days · 972 km
Fuentes
3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1991
Fuentes in Negros, Mindoro and Mindanao, April – May 199154 specimens · 9 stops · 49 days · 689 km
F.J.M. Gaerlan
3 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Apr 1992
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Panay, Mindanao and Luzon, February – April 199254 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 973 km
Alvarez
Mindanao · 14–29 Mar 1992
Alvarez in Mindanao, 14–29 March 199252 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days
E.J. Reynoso
Mindanao · 14–29 Mar 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Mindanao, 14–29 March 199252 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days
E.C. Sagcal Jr.
Mindanao · Jul – Aug 1991
E.C. Sagcal Jr. in Mindanao, July – August 199174 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Mindanao and Luzon · 5–22 Jul 1991
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao and Luzon, 5–22 July 199176 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 973 km
Fuentes
Luzon and Mindanao · Apr – May 1992
Fuentes in Luzon and Mindanao, April – May 199265 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days · 972 km
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Luzon and Mindanao · Apr – May 1991
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Luzon and Mindanao, April – May 199157 specimens · 5 stops · 33 days · 1,945 km
Romero
Mindanao · 1–10 May 1993
Romero in Mindanao, 1–10 May 199393 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
Romero
Mindanao · Aug – Sep 1993
Romero in Mindanao, August – September 199357 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Mindanao · Aug – Sep 1993
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao, August – September 199358 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
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.