east by south
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For this 24 hours we steered east by north with a large wind, yet made but an east by south half south course; though the variation was not above 7 degrees east.
From A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William
On Monday, the 20th, the steamer was running with square yards, at the rate of eight or nine knots an hour, steering about east by south, under double-reefed topsails and reefed foresail.
From Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by Gilly, William O. S.
A. To steer off to the eastward, or east by south, just as the wind was; that was near the course that was ordered.
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.
Direction today east by south half south; distance sixteen miles.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William
We left camp at 6.40 this morning and came in an east by south half south direction.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William
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