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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

Fuentes

3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1991

Fuentes in Negros, Mindoro and Mindanao, April – May 1991

54 specimens · 9 stops · 49 days · 689 km

Benjamin C. Stone

4 islands of the Philippines · Nov 1991 – Feb 1992

Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands of the Philippines, November 1991 – February 1992

43 specimens · 11 stops · 77 days · 613 km

Keith D.P. Wilson

3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1994

Keith D.P. Wilson in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, May – June 1994

55 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 459 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 1991

63 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

M. Kato

Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 16–29 Oct 1997

M. Kato in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 16–29 October 1997

52 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 254 km

Robert Hobdy

Kauaʻi · 6–19 Jun 1991

Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi, 6–19 June 1991

94 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days

Garcia

Luzon and Olango · Nov – Dec 1991

Garcia in Luzon and Olango, November – December 1991

72 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days

E.B. Barbon

Luzon and Olango · Nov – Dec 1991

E.B. Barbon in Luzon and Olango, November – December 1991

72 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days

S. Waldren

3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · May – Jul 1991

S. Waldren in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, May – July 1991

105 specimens · 4 stops · 72 days · 697 km

F.J.M. Gaerlan

3 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Apr 1992

F.J.M. Gaerlan in Panay, Mindanao and Luzon, February – April 1992

54 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 973 km

David Palmer

Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Jul 1991

David Palmer in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – July 1991

45 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 376 km

C. Cartier

Moorea and Motu Ahi · 19–25 Jun 1991

C. Cartier in Moorea and Motu Ahi, 19–25 June 1991

113 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days

Johnson Randall

6 islands of Saudi Arabia · May – Jun 1992

Johnson Randall across 6 islands of Saudi Arabia, May – June 1992

89 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 84 km

Johnson Randall

9 islands · Apr – May 1997

Johnson Randall across 9 islands, April – May 1997

95 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days · 8,635 km

L. Wester

Thailand · Oct – Nov 1993

L. Wester in Thailand, October – November 1993

44 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days

J.K.L. Mee

8 islands of Oman · Apr – May 1990

J.K.L. Mee across 8 islands of Oman, April – May 1990

96 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days · 1,074 km

Alvarez

Mindanao · 14–29 Mar 1992

Alvarez in Mindanao, 14–29 March 1992

52 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days

E.J. Reynoso

Mindanao · 14–29 Mar 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Mindanao, 14–29 March 1992

52 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days

A.F. Rinehart

Babeldaob Island · Mar – Apr 1996

A.F. Rinehart in Babeldaob Island, March – April 1996

88 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days

Johnson Randall

12 islands of Indonesia · Oct – Nov 1990

Johnson Randall across 12 islands of Indonesia, October – November 1990

76 specimens · 15 stops · 28 days · 1,705 km

H. Uchiyama

Upolu and Tutuila · Aug – Sep 1999

H. Uchiyama in Upolu and Tutuila, August – September 1999

82 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 137 km

Richard L. Pyle

5 islands · May – Jun 1992

Richard L. Pyle across 5 islands, May – June 1992

91 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days

R.J. Johns

Brunei · 9–30 Mar 1991

R.J. Johns in Brunei, 9–30 March 1991

51 specimens · 7 stops · 22 days · 339 km

L. Raulerson

Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996

L. Raulerson in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 1996

73 specimens · 9 stops · 15 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.