Reddit reviews White Waters and Black
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Can't recommend this highly enough: White Waters and Black.
It's not entirely about "completely unknown places," but it's a hilarious account of American intellectuals conducting a scientific expedition in the wilds of the Amazonian jungle and - having lived their lives in ivory towers - being pretty much woefully unprepared for the reality of the tropics. At times, laugh-out-loud funny, and very open, honest, and insightful. They hired guides, so the areas they traversed weren't virgin in that sense, but completely unknown to their kind.
Also, a true story.
In White Waters and Black Gordon MacCreagh, with a wicked eye for absurdities, Gordon MacCreagh recounts his adventures with eight "Eminent Scientificos" as they set out to explore the Amazon in 1923 without any idea of what lies ahead of them: rapids, malaria, monkey stew, and "dangerous savages."
https://www.amazon.com/White-Waters-Black-Gordon-MacCreagh/dp/0226500187