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. 38 journeys so far, 1909 to 1993, 5,016 specimens between them.
19 collectors and expeditions444 days in the field86,563 km between stops4,199 photographed specimens
38 journeys match
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Jan – Jul 1958
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, January – July 1958545 specimens · 28 stops · 184 days · 5,161 km
Maxwell S. Doty
32 islands · Jun – Aug 1966
Maxwell S. Doty across 32 islands, June – August 1966360 specimens · 19 stops · 92 days · 24,280 km
L.E. Hair
25 islands · Jun – Aug 1966
L.E. Hair across 25 islands, June – August 1966263 specimens · 10 stops · 73 days · 5,300 km
Adolph D.E. Elmer
3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1909
Adolph D.E. Elmer in Mindanao, Phililppine Island and Luzon, May – June 1909498 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
T. Hosokawa
15 islands · Jul – Sep 1936
T. Hosokawa across 15 islands, July – September 1936207 specimens · 23 stops · 64 days · 6,008 km
G.T. Kraft
22 islands of the Philippines · Apr – Jul 1968
G.T. Kraft across 22 islands of the Philippines, April – July 1968166 specimens · 24 stops · 82 days · 3,991 km
Romero
Luzon and Mindanao · May – Jun 1992
Romero in Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 1992182 specimens · 14 stops · 17 days
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965158 specimens · 14 stops · 38 days · 6,438 km
Ernani Meñez
5 islands of the Philippines · Jun – Jul 1958
Ernani Meñez across 5 islands of the Philippines, June – July 1958187 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 1,713 km
Adolph D.E. Elmer
6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1912
Adolph D.E. Elmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 1912243 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
V.B. Alvarez
9 islands of the Philippines · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
V.B. Alvarez across 9 islands of the Philippines, December 1964 – February 1965122 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 2,185 km
Ernani Meñez
11 islands of the Philippines · Sep – Oct 1967
Ernani Meñez across 11 islands of the Philippines, September – October 196791 specimens · 14 stops · 41 days · 3,373 km
Fernando
3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992
Fernando in Luzon, Sibuyan and Mindanao, May – June 1992118 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 1,567 km
Fernando
Mindanao · Jul – Aug 1991
Fernando in Mindanao, July – August 1991114 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days
H.H. Bartlett
5 islands of the Philippines · Jul – Oct 1935
H.H. Bartlett across 5 islands of the Philippines, July – October 193568 specimens · 15 stops · 120 days · 1,945 km
Romero
Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991
Romero in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991107 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days
Fernando
Mindanao and Dinagat Island · Sep – Oct 1991
Fernando in Mindanao and Dinagat Island, September – October 1991110 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
Fernando
Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991
Fernando in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991106 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days
Romero
Mindanao · Apr – May 1992
Romero in Mindanao, April – May 199277 specimens · 13 stops · 31 days
G.A. Santos
8 islands of the Philippines · Jul – Sep 1971
G.A. Santos across 8 islands of the Philippines, July – September 197159 specimens · 14 stops · 71 days · 2,580 km
Alvarez
Mindanao and Luzon · 1–9 Mar 1991
Alvarez in Mindanao and Luzon, 1–9 March 1991185 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 1,087 km
E.J. Reynoso
3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Sibuyan, Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 199273 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,568 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1985
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 198579 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 199269 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 1,326 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.