Measurement
Spanish Colonial Weights and Measures
Linear Type Quantity Meters U.S. Equivalent
Legua 5,000 varas 4,190.00 2.60 miles
Cordel 10 varas 8.38 9.15 yards
Braza 2 varas 1.67 1.83 yards
Estado 2 varas 1.67 1.83 yards
Vara 3 pies
4 palmos 0.838 32.99 inches
Codo ½ vara 0.418 16.50 inches
Pie 12 pulgadas
16 dedos 0.279 10.97 inches
Palmo mayor 12 dedos .2218 8.73 inches
or Palmo romano
Palmo 9 pulgadas .209 8.23 inches
Palmo menor 4 dedos .0739 2.91 inches
Pulgada 12 líneas .0233 .916 inches
Dedo 9 líneas .0175 .690 inches
Línea 12 puntos .0019 .076 inches
Source
Polzer, Charles Wiliam, Ph.D.; Barnes, Thomas C.; Naylor, Thomas H., (Compiled by). 1977. The Documentary Relations of the Southwest Project Manual. Tucson: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona.