eastwards
Where sun rises
Eastwards means toward the east: The expedition traveled eastwards across the plains.
More common in British English; Americans typically use eastward.
Both forms work as adverbs, though eastward also serves as an adjective: an eastward journey.
Day's first glow
- daybreakMorning's first light
- morningDay's early hours
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- sunupMorning's first light
aurora · rays · light · glow · ascent · rising · dayspring · orient
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- migrationMovement to new territory
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
caravan · odyssey · passage · crossing · transit · travel · route · course
Toward the sunset
- northwardToward the top
- southwardToward the equator's direction
- westwardsToward the occident
- northwardsToward the top pole
southwards · westerly · northerly · southerly · northwestern · southwestern · cardinal · bearing
Edge of settlement
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- discoveryAct of finding something
- trailblazingBeing the first through
- unchartedNot yet documented
expansion · settlers · territory · westward expansion · manifest destiny · colonization · prospecting · new world
dawn
Day's first glow
sunup · aurora · rays · light · glow · ascent · rising · dayspring · orient · sunward
voyage
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- migrationMovement to new territory
pilgrimage · caravan · odyssey · passage · crossing · transit · travel · route · course · trajectory
westward
Toward the sunset
northwards · southwards · westerly · northerly · southerly · northwestern · southwestern · cardinal · bearing · heading
frontier
Edge of settlement
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- discoveryAct of finding something
- trailblazingBeing the first through
uncharted · expansion · settlers · territory · westward expansion · manifest destiny · colonization · prospecting · new world · wagons