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
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
Fernando
Mindanao · Jul – Aug 1991
Fernando in Mindanao, July – August 1991114 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days
A. Sadili
New Guinea · Jan – Mar 1998
A. Sadili in New Guinea, January – March 199887 specimens · 12 stops · 78 days · 3,446 km
E.J. Reynoso
Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 199291 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days
Fernando
Luzon and Sibuyan · Jan – Feb 1992
Fernando in Luzon and Sibuyan, January – February 1992118 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days
E.J. Reynoso
Negros · 18–29 May 1991
E.J. Reynoso in Negros, 18–29 May 1991103 specimens · 10 stops · 12 days
Romero
Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991
Romero in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991107 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days
D.A. Madulid
Palawan and Coron · Sep – Nov 1993
D.A. Madulid in Palawan and Coron, September – November 199370 specimens · 18 stops · 67 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
L.V. Averyanov
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
L.V. Averyanov in Vietnam, February – April 199574 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 1990156 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 199188 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 1991104 specimens · 23 stops · 76 days · 4 km
Alvarez
Leyte · 8–22 Aug 1992
Alvarez in Leyte, 8–22 August 199284 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 1993144 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 199988 specimens · 11 stops · 41 days · 339 km
Romero
Mindanao · Apr – May 1992
Romero in Mindanao, April – May 199277 specimens · 13 stops · 31 days
Ismail Tukirin
Ceram and Seram · Nov – Dec 1990
Ismail Tukirin in Ceram and Seram, November – December 199086 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 1,446 km
Robert H. Cowie
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1992
Robert H. Cowie across 5 islands, October – November 1992131 specimens · 14 stops · 35 days · 503 km
N.T. Ban
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
N.T. Ban in Vietnam, February – April 199564 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
A. Budantzev
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
A. Budantzev in Vietnam, February – April 199564 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 199060 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 199088 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days · 1,446 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.