Looking for book(s) about exploring new lands

[Filip]

I'm looking for that feeling of awe and dread in exploring strange new lands in a fantasy setting, books about pioneers in new continents/worlds/dimensions that have until now been left alone for whatever reasons. Bonus points for overlapping with forbidden zone/death world tropes to crank up the excitement and being part of a series.

I can honestly say I've never actually found a fantasy book about this, but i got a sudden craving so after a lot of searching and failing i thought i might as well ask my peers.

Ringworld and Discworld is excluded since i already know about them.

[Randy]

Some of my favorite series:

William R. Forstchen's Lost Regiment

Harry Turtledove's Videssos

Alan Burt Akers' (aka Kenneth Bulmer) Dray Prescot

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar

"Jeffrey Lord's" Richard Blade

Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and Gray Mouser

Robert E. Vardeman's Cenotaph Road

[Filip]

You gave me some great material there, particularly the first two. But i suppose what I'm looking for may be even more specific than i thought.
Exploration of a new continent in an established fantasy world and a continuation of an ongoing series. That i guess is specific enough.

Example: hero of the former book sets out on an exploratory expedition to a forbidden/unknown continent. -ish

[Kevin]

The third book of the Ketty Jay series The Iron Jackal has the exploration of an ancient city from an extinct civilization on a recently discovered continent.

Is something like that what you mean?

It also has other creepy, mysterious elements in a race of ghouls that no one knows where they come from and has them swooping in on their mysterious aircraft unexpected and leaving ghost towns in their wake. It's a fun series filled with air pirates, daring capers, swashbuckly action goodness and awesome dogfights.

[carol. , Senor Crabbypants]

Oooh, time for me to pick that series up again. :)

[Filip]

Kevin wrote: "The third book of the Ketty Jay series The Iron Jackal has the exploration of an ancient city from an extinct civilization on a recently discovered continent.

Is something like tha..."

That would be more like what I'm looking for, thanks.