Published in 1946, A Book of Recent Exploration offers the armchair explorer a survey of 20th Century travel in uninhabited and hostile regions. The Far East features in many of the profiles; Papua New Guinea, Tibet and the Himalayas. There is an account of the journeys through Central Asia of Eric Teichman (1884 – 1944), a British diplomat and ‘explorer-cum-special agent’. Several chapters look at the Arctic and Antarctic regions, including Greenland’s highest mountain, a 1930’s Soviet expedition to the North Pole and the British expedition to Graham Land, Antarctica in the 1920’s. The book includes illustrations and maps. Published by George G. Harrap in 1946 Good condition. No Dust Jacket. Binding intact.