Terra incognita \Ter"ra in*cog"ni*ta\ [L.]
An unknown land; unexplored country.
The enormous tracts lying outside China proper, still
almost terr[ae] incognit[ae]. --A. R.
Colquhoun.
terra incognita
n : an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out
the unknown" [syn: {unknown}, {unknown region}]