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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. 86 journeys so far, 1904 to 1994, 16,870 specimens between them.

42 collectors and expeditions1,564 days in the field370,337 km between stops11,240 photographed specimens

Fuentes

Luzon · 18–28 Jan 1994

Fuentes in Luzon, 18–28 January 1994

122 specimens · 6 stops · 11 days

Alvarez

Mindanao and Luzon · 1–9 Mar 1991

Alvarez in Mindanao and Luzon, 1–9 March 1991

185 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 1,087 km

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991

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

86 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

Fuentes

Luzon · May – Jun 1992

Fuentes in Luzon, May – June 1992

125 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days

H.A. Miller

5 islands · May – Jun 1965

H.A. Miller across 5 islands, May – June 1965

95 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 2,591 km

Romero

Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991

Romero in Luzon, 6–17 September 1991

85 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

Maxwell S. Doty

7 islands · May – Jun 1973

Maxwell S. Doty across 7 islands, May – June 1973

66 specimens · 9 stops · 60 days · 36,912 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

F. Raymond Fosberg

4 islands · Dec 1957 – Jan 1958

F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, December 1957 – January 1958

61 specimens · 17 stops · 32 days · 36,429 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

Seymour H. Sohmer

6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1985

Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 1985

79 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 286 km

G.C.G. Argent

3 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1992

G.C.G. Argent in Luzon, Palawan and Mindanao, February – March 1992

69 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 1,326 km

Johnson Randall

4 islands · May – Jun 1981

Johnson Randall across 4 islands, May – June 1981

142 specimens · 7 stops · 14 days · 913 km

G.T. Kraft

Luzon · 1–27 Mar 1968

G.T. Kraft in Luzon, 1–27 March 1968

58 specimens · 10 stops · 27 days

Fernando

Mindanao and Luzon · 3–29 Mar 1992

Fernando in Mindanao and Luzon, 3–29 March 1992

53 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days · 972 km

D.L. Topping

Luzon · Mar – May 1904

D.L. Topping in Luzon, March – May 1904

70 specimens · 4 stops · 43 days

Seymour H. Sohmer

Luzon and Quezon · 9–14 Feb 1985

Seymour H. Sohmer in Luzon and Quezon, 9–14 February 1985

81 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days

Benjamin C. Stone

4 islands of the Philippines · Nov 1991 – Feb 1992

Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands of the Philippines, November 1991 – February 1992

43 specimens · 11 stops · 77 days · 613 km

Garcia

Luzon and Olango · Nov – Dec 1991

Garcia in Luzon and Olango, November – December 1991

72 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days

E.B. Barbon

Luzon and Olango · Nov – Dec 1991

E.B. Barbon in Luzon and Olango, November – December 1991

72 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days

F.J.M. Gaerlan

3 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Apr 1992

F.J.M. Gaerlan in Panay, Mindanao and Luzon, February – April 1992

54 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 973 km

Pedersen

Luzon · Mar – Apr 1994

Pedersen in Luzon, March – April 1994

60 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 306 km

F.J.M. Gaerlan

Mindanao and Luzon · 5–22 Jul 1991

F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao and Luzon, 5–22 July 1991

76 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 973 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.