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Record 1 2008-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)
  • Cartography
CONT

A length distinct from the statute mile (the familiar mile of English), the geographical mile is a longer unit. Though the common word "mile" derives from the Latin for one thousand, and the statute mile derives from the Roman mile of a thousand paces, the geographic mile has a very much earlier and different provenance, belonging to dynastic Egypt if not earlier, where it was sized geodesically.

OBS

6087.2 feet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
  • Cartographie

Spanish

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