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. 6 journeys so far, 1966 to 1979, 987 specimens between them.
6 collectors and expeditions135 days in the field6,133 km between stops722 photographed specimens
6 journeys match
Seymour H. Sohmer
5 islands of Papua New Guinea · Mar – Jun 1979
Seymour H. Sohmer across 5 islands of Papua New Guinea, March – June 1979294 specimens · 22 stops · 106 days · 3,435 km
John Q. Burch or John B. Burch
11 islands · Sep – Nov 1966
John Q. Burch or John B. Burch across 11 islands, September – November 1966264 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 1,201 km
Betsy H. Gagne
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · 9–30 Mar 1979
Betsy H. Gagne in Misima Island, Rossel Island and Tagula Island, 9–30 March 1979179 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days · 267 km
P. Katik
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · 1–29 Mar 1979
P. Katik in Rossel Island, Tagula Island and Misima Island, 1–29 March 197997 specimens · 9 stops · 29 days · 570 km
C. Lockwood
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1966
C. Lockwood in Woodlark, Rossel Island and Panawina Island, October – November 1966103 specimens · 3 stops · 27 days · 402 km
K.Q. Damas
4 islands of Papua New Guinea · 1–29 Mar 1979
K.Q. Damas across 4 islands of Papua New Guinea, 1–29 March 197950 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 258 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.