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
E.B. Barbon
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991
E.B. Barbon in Luzon, August – September 199165 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
A.J. Chepstov-Lusty
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · Apr – Jul 1991
A.J. Chepstov-Lusty in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, April – July 199179 specimens · 4 stops · 75 days · 695 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
Garcia
Negros and Luzon · May – Jun 1991
Garcia in Negros and Luzon, May – June 199149 specimens · 6 stops · 26 days
E.J. Funk
Hawaiʻi Island and Palau · Nov – Dec 1990
E.J. Funk in Hawaiʻi Island and Palau, November – December 199078 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
Anthony C. Robinson
Savaii and Niue · 2–29 May 1994
Anthony C. Robinson in Savaii and Niue, 2–29 May 199474 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days · 728 km
Romero
Mindanao · Aug – Sep 1993
Romero in Mindanao, August – September 199357 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
Ch. Tanaka
New Caledonia · 5–15 Mar 1992
Ch. Tanaka in New Caledonia, 5–15 March 199277 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days
Y. Magablo
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1994
Y. Magablo in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 199454 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 123 km
C. Barker
New Guinea · 7–28 Aug 1998
C. Barker in New Guinea, 7–28 August 199846 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 106 km
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George W. Staples III
Hawaiʻi Island · 9–13 Jan 1991
George W. Staples III in Hawaiʻi Island, 9–13 January 199180 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
T. Khalkausar
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
T. Khalkausar in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199445 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Timothy Flynn
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 1–20 Dec 1996
Timothy Flynn in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 1–20 December 199665 specimens · 7 stops · 20 days · 39,978 km
David H. Lorence
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 1–20 Dec 1996
David H. Lorence in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 1–20 December 199666 specimens · 7 stops · 20 days · 39,978 km
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Feb 1990
Jacques Florence in Rangiroa Atoll, Niau and Raiatea, January – February 199068 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 751 km
David Palmer
3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1994
David Palmer in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, May – June 199451 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 357 km
Mary Ann Lee
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – May 1990
Mary Ann Lee in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 199045 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 459 km
S. Dewol
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
S. Dewol in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199443 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Garcia
Samar and Visayas · Jan – Feb 1992
Garcia in Samar and Visayas, January – February 199240 specimens · 7 stops · 43 days
John H. Beaman
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 1998
John H. Beaman in New Guinea, August – September 199844 specimens · 5 stops · 38 days · 89 km
Kristof Foster
Wake Island · 19–28 Jun 1998
Kristof Foster in Wake Island, 19–28 June 199849 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days · 150 km
R. George
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
R. George in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199442 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Garcia
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991
Garcia in Luzon, August – September 199162 specimens · 4 stops · 9 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.