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
Johnson Randall
15 islands of Oman · Dec 1992 – Feb 1993
Johnson Randall across 15 islands of Oman, December 1992 – February 1993178 specimens · 21 stops · 71 days · 2,300 km
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
John L. Earle
7 islands · Jul – Sep 1991
John L. Earle across 7 islands, July – September 1991180 specimens · 19 stops · 78 days · 2,979 km
Alvarez
Luzon and Olango · Nov – Dec 1991
Alvarez in Luzon and Olango, November – December 1991124 specimens · 13 stops · 19 days
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jul – Sep 1991
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, July – September 1991189 specimens · 17 stops · 61 days · 15,392 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
Fernando
3 islands of the Philippines · Aug – Oct 1993
Fernando in Quezon, Luzon and Quezon Island, August – October 199399 specimens · 14 stops · 62 days
M.A. Evans
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990
M.A. Evans in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Maui, June – July 1990142 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 100 km
Jacques Florence
5 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – May 1992
Jacques Florence across 5 islands of French Polynesia, March – May 1992227 specimens · 6 stops · 49 days · 2,824 km
J.S. Miller
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992
J.S. Miller in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km
M. Merello
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992
M. Merello in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km
L.M. Hodgson
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1994
L.M. Hodgson in Ant Atoll, Maui and Pohnpei, October – November 1994134 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 5,292 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Sibuyan and Luzon · May – Jun 1992
Benjamin C. Stone in Sibuyan and Luzon, May – June 1992133 specimens · 6 stops · 38 days · 409 km
R.J.J. Rudd
Australia · Apr – May 1991
R.J.J. Rudd in Australia, April – May 199185 specimens · 21 stops · 23 days · 2,600 km
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
C.R. Annable
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1998
C.R. Annable across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 199897 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 1,111 km
E.J. Reynoso
3 islands of the Philippines · Jan – Feb 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, Visayas and Sibuyan, January – February 1992119 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days
Alvarez
Luzon · Jan – Feb 1992
Alvarez in Luzon, January – February 1992117 specimens · 8 stops · 30 days · 68 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
Benjamin C. Stone
Mindoro · Mar – Apr 1991
Benjamin C. Stone in Mindoro, March – April 199199 specimens · 13 stops · 21 days
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
W.R. Sykes
Rarotonga and Mangaia · Jan – Feb 1990
W.R. Sykes in Rarotonga and Mangaia, January – February 1990103 specimens · 35 stops · 40 days · 5,124 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Negros and Luzon · 3–31 Mar 1992
Benjamin C. Stone in Negros and Luzon, 3–31 March 199299 specimens · 10 stops · 29 days · 623 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1991
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Mbanika and Oʻahu, January – February 1991168 specimens · 6 stops · 29 days · 230 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.