How long is a league?

[mrhirons]

I'm reading LOTR for the first time and I was curious to find out just how long a league is?
Thanks.

[Grond]

An Olde English measure of indefinate distance but usually equated to approximately three miles. Hope this helps.

[Lantarion]

league 2 noun
An old measure of distance, about 3 miles.

Ah, but that was said already. duh. :rolleyes:

[Beorn]

I looked it up a couple years ago, to see exactly how deep "20,000 leagues under the sea" was...I think it comes out to 2.9-something...There's no way someone's gonna be around 60,000 miles under the sea...

[Elendil]

league [ME leuge] = 3 miles

furlong [OE furlang] = 220 yards or 1/8 mile

fathom [OE faedhm] = 6 feet

ell [OE eln] = 45 inches

[Beorn]

Well, how long is an em? How about a rod?

[Lantarion]

I dunno. How long is your rod? :p
Ah, God; sorry about that.. We read "The End of Something" by Hemingway in class, and a part of it just stuck to my mind.. Apologies again..

[Walter]

"20000 leages under the see" is a very prominent book "of old", written by Jules Verne, a very good book indeed like most of Vernes books. Jules Verne was one of the Grandfathers of the "science-fiction" genre. He described many things that have been actually invented much later...

[Beorn]

Originally posted by Pontifex
I dunno. How long is your rod? :p
Ah, God; sorry about that.. We read "The End of Something" by Hemingway in class, and a part of it just stuck to my mind.. Apologies again..

My rod is 20,000 leagues long :D

I've read The Machine (a while back), 20,000 leagues, around the world...and that's it by Mr. Verne...

[Grond]

Don't forget "Journey to the Center of the Earth". It was a great book. Kind of like Jurassic Park meets Caveman.

[graen]

Originally posted by Mike B
...There's no way someone's gonna be around 60,000 miles under the sea...

BTW, He wasn't 60,000 feet below sea level. He actually referred to how far he traveled in the submarine (almost around the world and then recovering some ground.)