THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1911. UNKNOWN LANDS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10279, 6 July 1911, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1911. UNKNOWN LANDS.

I The London Daily Telegraph corrects a common erroneous impression that most of the earth's, surface has been explored, and points out that there remains much for the. explorers to accomplish. In Africa, there are the Sahara, Wadai, and the valley of ' the. Sobat. In the Sahara the highlands of Tibestn and those of Ahaggar need exploration. - Wadai has been visited by only a very few persons, and although it would be very difficult to penetrate into the territory itself, it is thought that useful exploring work might be done in, some of fthe outlying districts approachable from the Upper -Benue or the Übangi Wells. The regions between Lake Rudolf and Abyssinia and the valley otf the Sobat, a tributary of the White Nile, are believed to be of great interest, but are almost unknown. Aside from theste three region's it may be said that there is a fair knowledge of the geographical features of Africa, but much detail remains to be ascertained, and much indaffieront work most be done again.It thus appears; tfiat A&ica still offers a wide and interesting field <•:? (research to Ah© explorer. In Asia itihere are unexploredi districts in various direotoions. Despite recent journeys' in Oman and an the BEadiramant, there is isrtall an unknown region in Arabia upwards of 400 miles square; \ and there is also much yet to be I done in Asia Minor., In Persia parts of Luristan and the country of the Persian Kurd still '(remain unexplored. Further East Sven Hedin-and others, extensive as their travels have been, have left a great deal of work for the future explorer.: Theme are , passes from Tibet intto Nepal, miuoh unknown country in Southwestern Tibet, the mighty range that houndis tlh© Tsanpu Valley on the

north, am d extensive tracts of the northern plateau, all awaiting the scientific explorer. The great-river Tsanpu, from longitude 94 degrees and 10 seconds east to its entrance into tlie Valley of Assam, under tlie i name of Dihong, is practically unknown. The region embracing the | complicated mountain and river sys-' I terns between India and China also afford opportunities for the adventurous explorer, inasmuch as there is much to learn, about it. In the mass of islandsi lying to the south of Ada there, is a great field for exploration, especially in New Guinea. Some of the larger islands to the east of New Guinea are also virgin ground. In North America .most of tho -work of the explorer lias been dome, yot in the Dominion, of Canada vast unknown tracts invito the explorer. Many parts of the Colombian Oordillas still need exploration, as well as the basins of several northern affluents, of the Amazon ; while to ' the eastward there is an enormous tract that is still practically unknown. This is tha twikl, forest-covered region that was the .scene of the advenI turous searches for El Dorado in the .sixteenth century. Further south, j .although the region to the eastward j of Guzeo, tho ancient capital of the Incas, is now attracting attention, | much is yet to be done.