 | Anthony Jenkinson - Great Britain - 1886 - 361 pages
...which runneth through the plaiue of lauat, which falleth into the Caspian sea1 by a towne called Backo, neere vnto which towne is a strange thing to behold...out of the ground a marueilous quantitie of Oyle, Abundance i • i /-\ i ji r* , i f- •> ofoyleissuwhich Oyle they fetch from the vttermost bounds... | |
 | Anthony Jenkinson - Great Britain - 1886 - 524 pages
...runneth through the plaine of lauat, which falleth into the Caspian sea1 by a towne called Backo, ueere vnto which towne is a strange thing to behold —...out of the ground a marueilous quantitie of Oyle, Ahundance of oj-lc 1fsuwhich Oyle they fetch from the vttermost bounds of all Persia : 1n« out of... | |
 | Geography - 1918 - 622 pages
...great river," he wrote, "which falleth into the Caspian Sea by a town called Bachu whereunto which is a strange thing to behold. For there issueth out of the ground a large quantity of oil, which oil Photograph by FJ Koch LOADING LIGHTERS AT ZANZIBAR Commercial aloes... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - Discoveries in geography - 1903 - 536 pages
...through the plaine of Javat, which falleth into the Caspian sea, by a towne called Bachu, neere unto which towne is a strange thing to behold. For there issueth out of the Abundance of ground a marveilous quantitie of oile, which oile they ° 'lc ' fetch from the uttermost... | |
 | John Ise - Petroleum - 1928 - 590 pages
...through the plaine of Javat, which f alleth into the Caspian Sea by a towne called Bachu, neere unto which towne is a strange thing to behold. For there issueth out of the ground a marveilous quantitie of oile, which oile they fetch from the uttermost bounds of all Persia; it serveth... | |
 | Geography - 1918 - 596 pages
...great river," he wrote, "which falleth into the Caspian Sea by a town called Bachu whereunto which is a strange thing to behold. For there issueth out of the ground a large quantity of oil, which oil Photograph by FJ Koch LOADING LIGHTERS AT ZANZIBAR Commercial aloes... | |
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For there issueth out of the ground a marveilous quantitie of oile, which oile they fetch from the uttermost bounds of all Persia : it serveth all the countrey to burne in their houses. This oyle is blacke, and is called Nefte : they use to cary it throughout... 