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. 274 journeys so far, 1990 to 1999, 30,092 specimens between them.
143 collectors and expeditions3,716 days in the field692,605 km between stops16,376 photographed specimens
274 journeys match
Jacques Florence
5 islands of French Polynesia · May – Jul 1990
Jacques Florence across 5 islands of French Polynesia, May – July 1990302 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 929 km
Romero
Luzon and Mindanao · May – Jun 1992
Romero in Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 1992182 specimens · 14 stops · 17 days
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, June – July 1991483 specimens · 6 stops · 17 days · 2,239 km
Johnson Randall
20 islands · Aug – Dec 1993
Johnson Randall across 20 islands, August – December 1993214 specimens · 31 stops · 114 days · 29,910 km
Jacques Florence
4 islands · Apr – Jul 1991
Jacques Florence across 4 islands, April – July 1991294 specimens · 7 stops · 85 days · 5,985 km
Angela Kay Kepler
10 islands of Palau · 3–17 Jun 1992
Angela Kay Kepler across 10 islands of Palau, 3–17 June 1992341 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 196 km
Sunaryo
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – Jun 1994
Sunaryo in Sumba, E. Sumba and Nusa Tenggara Timor, April – June 1994159 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 59 km
W.A. Whistler
'Eua Island · Jun – Jul 1990
W.A. Whistler in 'Eua Island, June – July 1990171 specimens · 24 stops · 30 days
I.A. Rachman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
I.A. Rachman in Borneo, October – November 1996174 specimens · 9 stops · 23 days · 2,688 km
Alvarez
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991
Alvarez in Luzon, August – September 1991163 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
Alvarez
Palawan · May – Jun 1993
Alvarez in Palawan, May – June 1993168 specimens · 9 stops · 29 days · 758 km
D. Mueller-Dombois
Lord Howe and Norfolk Island · 5–17 Sep 1992
D. Mueller-Dombois in Lord Howe and Norfolk Island, 5–17 September 1992185 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days
J.C. Regalado Jr.
New Guinea and New Britain · Jun – Sep 1994
J.C. Regalado Jr. in New Guinea and New Britain, June – September 1994114 specimens · 19 stops · 88 days · 3,616 km
R.S. Majaducon
Luzon · Jan – Feb 1994
R.S. Majaducon in Luzon, January – February 1994170 specimens · 10 stops · 16 days
Afrastini Ismail
Kabaena and Sulawesi · Jul – Aug 1993
Afrastini Ismail in Kabaena and Sulawesi, July – August 1993141 specimens · 13 stops · 18 days · 66 km
W.R. Sykes
3 islands of Tonga · 8–27 Nov 1997
W.R. Sykes in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 8–27 November 1997220 specimens · 20 stops · 20 days
Joan E. Canfield
5 islands of Palau · 16–29 Jul 1991
Joan E. Canfield across 5 islands of Palau, 16–29 July 1991234 specimens · 14 stops · 14 days · 414 km
J. Afriastini
Java · Apr – May 1992
J. Afriastini in Java, April – May 1992115 specimens · 16 stops · 44 days · 22,900 km
L. Co
3 islands · Apr – May 1991
L. Co in Luzon, Palawan and Isabela, April – May 1991111 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 3,397 km
Derral R. Herbst
6 islands of Palau · 16–29 Jul 1991
Derral R. Herbst across 6 islands of Palau, 16–29 July 1991232 specimens · 14 stops · 14 days · 414 km
R.L. Stemmermann
5 islands of Palau · 16–29 Jul 1991
R.L. Stemmermann across 5 islands of Palau, 16–29 July 1991231 specimens · 14 stops · 14 days · 414 km
Pratita Puradyatmika
New Guinea · Jan – Mar 1998
Pratita Puradyatmika in New Guinea, January – March 1998114 specimens · 17 stops · 78 days · 3,724 km
J.A. McDonald
Kabaena and Sulawesi · Jul – Aug 1993
J.A. McDonald in Kabaena and Sulawesi, July – August 1993132 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 85 km
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jun – Oct 1997
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, June – October 1997111 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 9,650 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.