i luv reading fantasy books and they always mention leagues, like so-and-so traveled a certain number of leagues in one day. what i wanna know is how long a league actually is, a km?, a mile?
how long?
2007-02-19 10:49:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
A league is 3 nautical miles and a nautical mile is around 1.15 regular miles, used here in the states. It was used in sea stories like 20,000 leagues under the sea. Now in Europe on land, a league expressed the distance a person or horse could walk in an hour and that is usually 3 miles. Fantasy books spark the imagination, so keep on reading.
2007-02-19 13:34:10 · answer #1 · answered by Taiping 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no established distance. I think the length changed over time depending who the Kings or national leaders were at the time.
According to Websters it varies from 2.4 to 4.6 miles. I would just pick something in the middle to get a grasp of the distances.
2007-02-19 19:17:25 · answer #2 · answered by BD in NM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋