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According to www.britannica.fr/Lettre4/HistoireMesure.html
la lieue de 20 au degré = 2850 toises = 5 555 m.: également appelée
/grande lieue de France/ ou /lieue marine/ ou /*lieue d'une heure de
chemin*/.
Paul Hughes wrote:
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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