west by north
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noun
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Course since yesterday west by north distance 89 miles; latitude by account 14 degrees 33 minutes south; longitude made 13 degrees 9 minutes west.
From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by Bligh, William
At 3.15 made two miles and three-quarters west by north to our outward tracks, and also a great number of emu tracks, from which we concluded that water existed in the neighbouring creeks.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William
It now began to blow more from the S.W. and S.W. by W. We had sailed the last night west by north, according to reckoning, twenty-eight miles.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh
To my surprise no more of the mainland could be seen here than from below, the northernmost part in sight, which was full of sandhills bearing west by north about three leagues.
From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by Bligh, William
On October 6 land was seen from the mast-head, bearing west by north.
From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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