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Perhaps someone on the list knows precise figures. If not, you might
look at (I do not have free full text online access to this article):
http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/142984m655602342/ .
MEASURES OF DISTANCE EMPLOYED ON 17TH AND EARLY 18TH CENTURY MAPS
OF CANADA
Journal Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic
Information and Geovisualization
Publisher University of Toronto Press
ISSN 0317-7173 (Print) 1911-9925 (Online)
Issue Volume 12, Number 2 / December 1975
DOI 10.3138/1429-84M6-5560-2342
Pages 121-137
There seem to be a number of definitions for a French league in the 17th
and 18th centuries, and although it might represent "an hour's walk"
(for a person or a horse?) that could be quite variable. In just
browsing around the web, I've seen estimates ranging from roughly 3.3 to
4.7 km.
Joel Kovarsky
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Does the following old map scale have any equivalence to standard
distances
Lieues d'une heure de Chemin (from de Fer map). I know this
translates to league of one hour of travel (or route), but I'm not
sure if this translates to kilometers?
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