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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. 14 journeys so far, 1986 to 1994, 1,368 specimens between them.

1 collectors and expeditions174 days in the field5,189 km between stops1,259 photographed specimens

E.J. Reynoso

Palawan and Coron · May – Jun 1993

E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Coron, May – June 1993

203 specimens · 13 stops · 35 days · 1,515 km

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon and Sibuyan · Jan – Feb 1994

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon and Sibuyan, January – February 1994

182 specimens · 16 stops · 41 days

E.J. Reynoso

3 islands of the Philippines · Jan – Feb 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, Visayas and Sibuyan, January – February 1992

119 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days

E.J. Reynoso

Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 1992

91 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days

E.J. Reynoso

Negros · 18–29 May 1991

E.J. Reynoso in Negros, 18–29 May 1991

103 specimens · 10 stops · 12 days

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, 6–17 September 1991

86 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

E.J. Reynoso

Bohol and Cebu · Mar – Apr 1993

E.J. Reynoso in Bohol and Cebu, March – April 1993

157 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 77 km

E.J. Reynoso

3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Sibuyan, Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 1992

73 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,568 km

E.J. Reynoso

Palawan and Luzon · Jan – Feb 1991

E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Luzon, January – February 1991

66 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 1,346 km

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon and Northern Luzon · Jul – Aug 1992

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon and Northern Luzon, July – August 1992

59 specimens · 14 stops · 17 days

E.J. Reynoso

Palawan and Cebu · Jul – Aug 1986

E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Cebu, July – August 1986

89 specimens · 3 stops · 27 days · 567 km

E.J. Reynoso

Mindanao · 14–29 Mar 1992

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

52 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon · Nov – Dec 1991

E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, November – December 1991

47 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days

E.J. Reynoso

Palawan and Plawan Island · Jul – Aug 1988

E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Plawan Island, July – August 1988

41 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 116 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.