Braça

Braça was a measure of length in Portugal and Brazil and corresponded to the fathom .

• 1 braça = 2 varas = 3 ½ cavados = 10 palmos = 80 inches = 969 Parisian lines = 2 9/50 meters

The square Braça measured 4.84 square meters .

See also

• Brazetto

literature

• FA Niemann : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 26.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ R. Klimpert: Lexicon of Coins, Measures, Weights, Counting Types and Time Sizes. Рипол Классик Verlag, ISBN 978-1-14697-121-8 , p. 36.