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
Fernando
Mindanao and Luzon · 3–29 Mar 1992
Fernando in Mindanao and Luzon, 3–29 March 199253 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days · 972 km
Fuentes
3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1991
Fuentes in Negros, Mindoro and Mindanao, April – May 199154 specimens · 9 stops · 49 days · 689 km
F.J.M. Gaerlan
3 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Apr 1992
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Panay, Mindanao and Luzon, February – April 199254 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 973 km
Alvarez
Mindanao · 14–29 Mar 1992
Alvarez in Mindanao, 14–29 March 199252 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days
E.J. Reynoso
Mindanao · 14–29 Mar 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Mindanao, 14–29 March 199252 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days
H.E. Milliron
4 islands · May – Oct 1958
H.E. Milliron across 4 islands, May – October 195841 specimens · 18 stops · 136 days · 10,829 km
E.C. Sagcal Jr.
Mindanao · Jul – Aug 1991
E.C. Sagcal Jr. in Mindanao, July – August 199174 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Mindanao and Luzon · 5–22 Jul 1991
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao and Luzon, 5–22 July 199176 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 973 km
Fuentes
Luzon and Mindanao · Apr – May 1992
Fuentes in Luzon and Mindanao, April – May 199265 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days · 972 km
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Luzon and Mindanao · Apr – May 1991
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Luzon and Mindanao, April – May 199157 specimens · 5 stops · 33 days · 1,945 km
Romero
Mindanao · 1–10 May 1993
Romero in Mindanao, 1–10 May 199393 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
Romero
Mindanao · Aug – Sep 1993
Romero in Mindanao, August – September 199357 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Mindanao · Aug – Sep 1993
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao, August – September 199358 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
Ernani Meñez
3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1958
Ernani Meñez in Cuyo, Palawan and Mindanao, April – May 195843 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 402 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.