New Britain herald., 1927-08-10

/ islands are yet untouched by civil
lization.
While most of Mexico is we'll
| known. there are some sections
which have not been accurately
surveyed In Central America there
are jungles and moutains that are
yet to betraversed. The San Bias
country of Panama. for instance,
though passed over by American
airplanes and penetrated by a few
individuals. still holds secrets that
are yet to be revealed
Honduras is busy along the Mos
quito Coast but just behind it. in
the northeastern portion of the
country, the map makers are fore
cd to leave large area blank, for
little is known about that section
except rumors concerning the
mountains forests and uncvilized
Indians of the interior.
The white man has yet to pene-
trate many square miles OF terri
tory in South America. These in
clude large portions Of western and
northwestern Brazil, the northeast
crn portion of Bolivia, areas in
southern Argentina and the Vau-
pes region of Colombia. Certain
routes across most of these areas
are fairly well-known, but as soon
as one leaves the beaten trail. ter
ritory is reached which has never
been explored.
Hcadhunters Menace
FL Chaco, a vast area Of land be-
tween Paraguay and Bolivia is
awaiting the ambitious adventurer,
IT covers about 100000 square
miles and is believed to be consti-
tuted mainly of swamps and
jungles. A few merchants who even
today. as they were In the days of
the Phoenicians, are the pioneer
explorers of distant and little
known areas, are about the only
people who have ever visited the
interior OF the Chaco, lured there
because it is the home OF the que
Eracho tree, an important source
of tannin.
The Oriente, constituting the
eastern portion of Ecuador, is in
hospitable in its climate and chok-
cd with jungles, and few are the
white men who have braved con-
tact with its savage, head hunting
natives to tell the world the nat
ural resources or even the physical
teatures Of this uncharted hinter-
land.
Portions Of western and south
western China, Tibet and northern
India are just becoming known
| through Kingdom Ward, an explor-
er Of the National Geographic So
/ ciety.
Mongolia and the Cobb Desert
still have their secrets though,
yearly, new discoveries are made
! in this area.
Not far north of the desert, ST.
/ IBERIA perhaps retains the secrets
/ OF more virgin land than any other
part of the world Nearly the en-
tire northern part of tho country
is unchartcd. Only a few weeks ago
I a mountain towering 1000 feet was
7 reported to have been discovered
near Irlutsk. one of Siberia's largest
settlements.
! Little Known OF Trails
! Dark" Africa Is still dark IN
the Sahara desert about which prac-
I tically nothing is known, notably the
Hank region, extending from lati-
tudc 90 degrees to % degrees, near
. longitude degrees west.
The area west of kufra Oasis, al
/ though explored by Hassanein Bey,
an Egyptian in 1921. still remains
blank on the maps. There are sever
al places in the Belgian Congo,
/ Angola, Mozambique and even in
Ehodesia-in fact, in all of Central
Africa where the white man has
seldom been off tn" beaten trail.
II might be we'll 10 qualify the
term unexplorcd. In its broad sense
il has been used to cover those
areas about which so little is known
that most of their topography. nat
ural features plant and animal life
are coniectural. There are portions
OF country where the botanists and
biologists can revel to their hearts
content where the gcologist can rul
his hands in glee. and where the
seeker of silent places viii remain
uninolcStod for days. months. and
even years.
Tho northern and northw esterr
districts of Australia are compare
lively unknown, although notable
Journeys have been made across the
deserts during the last 90 years
Only In the areas served by the rail.
roads Is the country well-known and
the topography fixed.
Continent Cninhabitcd
N"w Guinea is perhaps tht
worlds widest spot. Thousands o