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
J.J. Wood
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
J.J. Wood across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 197567 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 5,279 km
J. Barrau
6 islands · Jan – Apr 1958
J. Barrau across 6 islands, January – April 195856 specimens · 22 stops · 81 days · 4,806 km
A.P. Davis
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1995
A.P. Davis in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 1995113 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 306 km
M. Sagisolo
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – May 1994
M. Sagisolo in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – May 199459 specimens · 13 stops · 73 days · 8,057 km
O.G. Gideon
New Guinea · Dec 1988 – Jan 1989
O.G. Gideon in New Guinea, December 1988 – January 198988 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 840 km
J.S. Burley
New Guinea · 15–26 May 1991
J.S. Burley in New Guinea, 15–26 May 1991134 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 667 km
S. Chanel
Guadalcanal and New Guinea · 9–17 Sep 2015
S. Chanel in Guadalcanal and New Guinea, 9–17 September 201586 specimens · 7 stops · 9 days · 5,380 km
A. AllisonA Allison
New Guinea · Aug – Oct 1988
A. AllisonA Allison in New Guinea, August – October 198861 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Guinea · Aug – Dec 1958
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, August – December 195867 specimens · 26 stops · 110 days · 956 km
Afrastini Ismail
New Guinea · 15–26 May 1991
Afrastini Ismail in New Guinea, 15–26 May 1991110 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 667 km
Soetjipto Moeljono
4 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994
Soetjipto Moeljono across 4 islands of Indonesia, March – May 199456 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 7,718 km
T. Triono
New Guinea and Papua · Apr – May 2000
T. Triono in New Guinea and Papua, April – May 200054 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days · 393 km
John T. Buchholz
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1948
John T. Buchholz in New Caledonia, Isle Of Pines and New Guinea, February – March 194862 specimens · 13 stops · 51 days
A.W.C.T. Herre
10 islands · Mar – Jun 1929
A.W.C.T. Herre across 10 islands, March – June 192946 specimens · 15 stops · 93 days · 5,808 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 199163 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
K.Q. Damas
New Guinea · Jan – Feb 1989
K.Q. Damas in New Guinea, January – February 198971 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 602 km
O. Kasmin
New Guinea and Papua · Apr – May 2000
O. Kasmin in New Guinea and Papua, April – May 200045 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 272 km
Pratita Puradyatmika
New Guinea · Oct – Dec 1998
Pratita Puradyatmika in New Guinea, October – December 199847 specimens · 7 stops · 72 days · 3,262 km
U.W. Mayar
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1995
U.W. Mayar in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 199544 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 5,403 km
E.B. Mann
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1969
E.B. Mann in Bagabag Island, Kar Kar and New Guinea, June – July 196956 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 380 km
R.C. Phillips
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1973
R.C. Phillips across 4 islands, June – July 197355 specimens · 4 stops · 26 days · 4,659 km
B.J. Conn
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Oct 1974
B.J. Conn in Umboi Island, New Guinea and Umboi, September – October 197445 specimens · 4 stops · 52 days · 516 km
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
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.