After centuries of silence, the first mentions of Albanian bitumen appeared only in 1868, when the Frenchman Coquand published the first geological description of the deposits of Albanian bitumen.
ˈæftɚ sˈɛntʃɚɹiz ʌv sˈaɪləns, ðə fˈɜːst mˈɛnʃənz ʌv ælbˈeɪniən bɪtˈuːmɛn ɐpˈɪɹd ˈoʊnli ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt, wˌɛn ðə fɹˈɛntʃmən kˈɑːkwænd pˈʌblɪʃt ðə fˈɜːst dʒˌɪəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl dᵻskɹˈɪpʃən ʌvðə dᵻpˈɑːzɪts ʌv ælbˈeɪniən bɪtˈuːmɛn.