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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

Maxwell S. Doty

6 islands · Dec 1965 – Jan 1966

Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, December 1965 – January 1966

58 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days · 657 km

Fuentes

Luzon and Mindanao · Apr – May 1992

Fuentes in Luzon and Mindanao, April – May 1992

65 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days · 972 km

Fuentes

Palawan and Luzon · Jun – Jul 1993

Fuentes in Palawan and Luzon, June – July 1993

95 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 852 km

E.J. Reynoso

Luzon · Nov – Dec 1991

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

47 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days

E.B. Barbon

Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991

E.B. Barbon in Luzon, August – September 1991

65 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days

K.E. Carpenter

3 islands of the Philippines · Jul – Aug 1978

K.E. Carpenter in Luzon, Philippines and Negros Island, July – August 1978

88 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days · 1,577 km

F.J.M. Gaerlan

Luzon and Mindanao · Apr – May 1991

F.J.M. Gaerlan in Luzon and Mindanao, April – May 1991

57 specimens · 5 stops · 33 days · 1,945 km

Garcia

Negros and Luzon · May – Jun 1991

Garcia in Negros and Luzon, May – June 1991

49 specimens · 6 stops · 26 days

Garcia

Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991

Garcia in Luzon, August – September 1991

62 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days

E.B. Barbon

Luzon and Leyte · Oct – Nov 1992

E.B. Barbon in Luzon and Leyte, October – November 1992

41 specimens · 5 stops · 35 days

Mike Gawel

3 islands · May – Jun 1981

Mike Gawel in Negros Island, Cebu and Luzon, May – June 1981

86 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days · 913 km

Romero

Luzon · 1–15 Jul 1994

Romero in Luzon, 1–15 July 1994

62 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 93 km

F.J.M. Gaerlan

Luzon · Aug – Sep 1992

F.J.M. Gaerlan in Luzon, August – September 1992

46 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days

Fuentes

Luzon · 1–15 Jul 1994

Fuentes in Luzon, 1–15 July 1994

42 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 93 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.