a league is a sea mile
2007-02-22 23:25:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
The league expresses the distance a person, or a horse, can walk in 1 hour of time (usually about 3 miles or 5 kilometres).
See more here:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_(unit)
And here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_(unit)
2007-02-22 23:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by CavanhaMan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A league is 3 miles, 1 mile = 1.60934 Km 3x 1.60934 = 4.82802
Sea mile 1620 yards
2007-02-24 12:15:03 · answer #2 · answered by CLIVE C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A (land) league used to be defined as an hour's walk. It's now defined as exactly 3 miles (4828.032 m).
However, a nautical league is 3 nautical miles (5556 m, or about 3.452 miles), and that's the league Jules Vernes refers to in the title of his book "20000 Leagues under the Sea". So, if you are a fan of Jules Vernes and Captain Nemo, 20000 nautical leagues is 60000 nautical miles. That's about 69047 statute miles, 111120 km or almost 3 times around the Globe [at the Equator].
Originally, the nautical mile was defined as an average minute of latitude.
2007-02-25 06:59:05 · answer #3 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
1 league = 5.55600 kilometers
1 league = 3.452338 miles
2007-02-23 07:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋