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. 7 journeys so far, 1936 to 1994, 1,001 specimens between them.
6 collectors and expeditions269 days in the field59,183 km between stops964 photographed specimens
7 journeys match
J.A. McDonald
7 islands · Apr – Sep 1994
J.A. McDonald across 7 islands, April – September 1994359 specimens · 33 stops · 154 days · 3,611 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
14 islands · Apr 1939 – Jan 1940
Neth. Ind. For. Service, April 1939 – January 1940171 specimens · 91 stops · 272 days · 40,249 km
Afrastini Ismail
3 islands · Jun – Aug 1994
Afrastini Ismail in Bali Timur, Bali and Oʻahu, June – August 1994196 specimens · 18 stops · 86 days · 105 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
11 islands · Feb – Aug 1938
Neth. Ind. For. Service, February – August 193863 specimens · 45 stops · 174 days · 15,218 km
S.B. Bloembergen
7 islands of Indonesia · Jul – Oct 1939
S.B. Bloembergen across 7 islands of Indonesia, July – October 193957 specimens · 29 stops · 90 days
van Steenis
4 islands · 1–17 Apr 1936
van Steenis across 4 islands, 1–17 April 193683 specimens · 12 stops · 17 days
van Balgooy
Java and Bali · Sep – Oct 1985
van Balgooy in Java and Bali, September – October 198572 specimens · 10 stops · 37 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.