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. 83 journeys so far, 1903 to 2015, 11,906 specimens between them.
67 collectors and expeditions2,236 days in the field428,020 km between stops9,405 photographed specimens
83 journeys match
M. Jitmau
3 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994
M. Jitmau in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Borneo, March – May 1994128 specimens · 10 stops · 76 days · 4,100 km
P.J. Darbyshire
New Guinea · Jun – Sep 1961
P.J. Darbyshire in New Guinea, June – September 196176 specimens · 40 stops · 109 days · 2,501 km
G.J. Leach
New Guinea · May – Aug 1972
G.J. Leach in New Guinea, May – August 1972127 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 1,995 km
Fiona R. Willis
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – Apr 1999
Fiona R. Willis in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – April 1999122 specimens · 13 stops · 40 days · 1,153 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
T. Watanabe
7 islands · Jul – Aug 2009
T. Watanabe across 7 islands, July – August 2009138 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 1,464 km
Leonard J. Brass
New Guinea · Apr – Nov 1959
Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, April – November 195961 specimens · 37 stops · 221 days · 658 km
L.A.C. Craven
New Guinea · Jan – Apr 1966
L.A.C. Craven in New Guinea, January – April 196673 specimens · 22 stops · 102 days · 1,525 km
A. Gebo
New Guinea and Papua · Jun – Jul 1972
A. Gebo in New Guinea and Papua, June – July 1972118 specimens · 11 stops · 15 days · 569 km
van Balgooy
New Guinea · Apr – Jul 1965
van Balgooy in New Guinea, April – July 1965102 specimens · 9 stops · 74 days · 1,118 km
Afrastini Ismail
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993
Afrastini Ismail in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993133 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km
J.A. McDonald
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993
J.A. McDonald in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993131 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km
C. Kalkman
New Guinea · Jun – Sep 1966
C. Kalkman in New Guinea, June – September 1966104 specimens · 6 stops · 98 days · 628 km
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
A. Sadili
New Guinea · Jan – Mar 1998
A. Sadili in New Guinea, January – March 199887 specimens · 12 stops · 78 days · 3,446 km
Leonard J. Brass
New Guinea · May – Aug 1933
Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, May – August 193376 specimens · 12 stops · 100 days · 870 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
4 islands of Indonesia · Jan – Apr 1937
Neth. Ind. For. Service, January – April 193759 specimens · 20 stops · 92 days · 8,980 km
William Robert Barker
New Guinea · Mar – May 1975
William Robert Barker in New Guinea, March – May 1975138 specimens · 3 stops · 82 days · 706 km
A.G. Floyd
New Britain and New Guinea · Jul – Aug 1954
A.G. Floyd in New Britain and New Guinea, July – August 195477 specimens · 13 stops · 55 days · 1,392 km
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
O. Paul
New Britain and New Guinea · Jul – Aug 2011
O. Paul in New Britain and New Guinea, July – August 2011174 specimens · 2 stops · 30 days · 382 km
T. Koponen
3 islands · May – Jul 1981
T. Koponen in Papua, New Guinea and Morobe Province, May – July 198151 specimens · 26 stops · 80 days
L.A.C. Craven
New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1974
L.A.C. Craven in New Guinea, June – July 1974139 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days · 14,137 km
George Pattison
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
George Pattison across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 197568 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 5,279 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.