Transport | Average daily distance |
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Travel on foot, with luggage | 20 km |
Travel on foot, minimum luggage | 30 km |
Travel on horseback, no spare horse | 40 km |
Travel on horseback, with a spare horse | 60 km |
Travel on sea, average ship and fair weather | 80 km |
Travel on sea, fast ship and fair weather | 140 km |
Horse wagon | 35 km/day |
Oxcart | 20 km/day |
Bad weather or difficult terrain can significantly slow down the journey's pace. As a rule of thumb, one should halve the figures in the table.