Geography:
Overton, J. D.. “A theory of exploration.” Journal of Historical Geography, 7, 1 (1981).
Driver, Felix. Geography Militant: Cultures of Exploration and Empire. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2001.
Wright, John K. “Terrae Incognitae: The Place of the Imagination in Geography.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers. Volume XXXVII, March 1947: 1. pp. 1-15.
Wright, John K. “Introduction to the Torchbook Edition.” A History of Exploration-from Earliest Times to the Present Day. P.M. Sykes. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1961. (full text)
Science Studies:
Latour, Bruno. “Visualization and Cognition: Drawing Things Together.” p. 1-30. (full text)
Film Studies:
Bazin, Andre. “Cinema and Exploration.” What is Cinema? Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967.
Cognitive Science/Psychology:
Archer, J. & Birke, L. Exploration in Animals and Humans. UK: Van Nostrand Reinhold, Ltd, 1983.
Berlyne, D. E. Conflict, Arousal, and Curiosity. New York: McGraw Hill, 1960.
Fowler, H. Curiosity and Exploratory Behavior. New York: Macmillan, 1965.
Lester, D. “Sex differences in exploration: Toward a theory of exploration.” Psychological Record, 1967