Stake (unit)
The stake was a Batavian measure of travel and corresponded to the distance that could be covered in a quarter of an hour. This measure in the Dutch East Indies ( Batavia , Java ) was set off against the duodecimal divided Rhenish rod . The stake was equivalent to 300 rods or 1700 paces (medium).
- 1 pole = 300 rods = 3600 feet (Rhineland) corresponds to 1.3 kilometers (rounded)
literature
- MRB Gerhardt Sr .: General Contorist or the most recent and current times, common coin, measure and weight constitution of all countries and trading cities. Part 2 Volume 2, Arnold Wever, Berlin 1792, pp. 28, 270.