Whether she was the Susan Tucker, or some other whaler, or a big South-Sea-man driven low and getting what Easting she could out of the gale, I know not.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
But such a calculation does not take into consideration the Easting or westing of the ship itself.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
The men now became more than ever discontented at the easterly course, and on May 1st, when he had come as far east as the Gulf of Darien, Columbus felt obliged to bear away to the north, although as it turned out he had not nearly made enough Easting.
"Christopher Columbus, Volume 7 And The New World Of His Discovery, A Narrative"
Filson Young