Turris lapidea
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1652. Cosmographie in four bookes by Peter Heylyn.
By taking a survey of all which particulars, we shall find the temper of the whole. 1. SACAE, ... Onely one fortified place they had, which from the materials of it had the name of Turris Lapidea, (〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, in the Greek) or the Castle of Stones; Part hereof being peopled for the most part by Camels, or travellable onely with those Creatures, had the name of Camelorum Regio.