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− | Poulsen's suggestion for the Hill Cumorah is [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=22%C2%B0+43%27+00.00%22,+-98%C2%B0+34%27+00.00%22&ie=UTF8&z=8&ll=22.928042,-98.569336&spn=2.170239,5.493164&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr Cerro Bernal], following the suggestion of [Book_of_Mormon_geography:Models:Ainsworth_2000 Jerry Ainsworth]. This hill is 1875 feet high, and located on the coastal plain to the west of the North-South-oriented coast of the Gulf of Mexico near the city of [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.22,-97.85&spn=0.3,0.3&q=22.22,-97.85 Tampico, Mexico]. | + | Poulsen's suggestion for the Hill Cumorah is [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=22%C2%B0+43%27+00.00%22,+-98%C2%B0+34%27+00.00%22&ie=UTF8&z=8&ll=22.928042,-98.569336&spn=2.170239,5.493164&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr Cerro Bernal], following the suggestion of []Book_of_Mormon_geography:Models:Ainsworth_2000 Jerry Ainsworth]]. This hill is 1875 feet high, and located on the coastal plain to the west of the North-South-oriented coast of the Gulf of Mexico near the city of [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.22,-97.85&spn=0.3,0.3&q=22.22,-97.85 Tampico, Mexico]. |
This Cumorah candidate is about 110 miles north of Tepetzintla (which, at 4040 feet high he identifies as a potential [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=21%C2%B0+15%27+00.00%22,+-97%C2%B0+51%27+00.00%22&ie=UTF8&z=8&ll=21.303449,-97.849731&spn=2.19537,5.493164&t=k&om=1 Hill Shim]). | This Cumorah candidate is about 110 miles north of Tepetzintla (which, at 4040 feet high he identifies as a potential [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=21%C2%B0+15%27+00.00%22,+-97%C2%B0+51%27+00.00%22&ie=UTF8&z=8&ll=21.303449,-97.849731&spn=2.19537,5.493164&t=k&om=1 Hill Shim]). |
Revision as of 00:24, 28 November 2006
Model Name | Date Proposed | Scope | Narrow Neck | Land North | Land South | Cumorah | River Sidon | Nephi's Landing | Religion | Type of model
Model name: Poulsen 2004Date proposed: 2004 |
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Lawrence Poulsen, stimulated by the models proposed by Sorenson and Hauck, used his own study of the text, combined with advances in 3-D computer mapping technology and satellite maps to provide a fascinating refinement of the Mesoamerican model.[3] Poulsen compares Sorenson's River of Sidon suggestion (the Grijalva River) with Hauck's (the Usamacinta River) and finds Grijalva much more plausible.[4] Poulsen extends this analysis to show how the explorers mentioned in Mosiah 8꞉7-10 likely mistook Usamcinta for Sidon/Grijalva, thus becoming hopelessly lost. The Book of Mormon text is even accurate in the direction which the Sidon flows at a critical point.[5]
This Cumorah candidate is about 110 miles north of Tepetzintla (which, at 4040 feet high he identifies as a potential Hill Shim). Interestingly enough, Tepetzintla translates to Cerro de Maiz in Spanish or "Corn Hill" in English, which has been suggested as the meaning of the Hill "Shim."[6] (Shim was the Jaredite hill identified by the Nephites as likely being in the same locality as "Cumorah"—see Mormon 1꞉3, Mormon 4꞉23; compare with Ether 15꞉11, Mormon 6꞉6). Paulsen suggests Santa Rosa for the city of Zarahemla. Furthermore, Poulsen suggests the use of a "quadrant"-based directional system as used by some Mesoamerican groups,[7] as opposed to arguing that the Nephites used cardinal directions off-set from magnetic north, as Sorenson does.[8] |
Endnotes
- [note] From John E. Clark, "A Key for Evaluating Nephite Geographies (Review of Deciphering the Geography of the Book of Mormon by F. Richard Hauck)," FARMS Review of Books 1/1 (1989): 20–70. off-site; Figure 8 off-site
- [note] Lawrence Poulsen, "Directions in the Book of Mormon," bomgeography.poulsenll.org, Figure 5 (accessed 17 September 2006). off-site
- [note] Lawrence Poulsen, bomgeography.poulsenll.orgoff-site
- [note] Lawrence Poulsen, "A comparison of the river Sidon, as referenced in the Book of Mormon, to the Grijalva River found in Chiapas, Mexico," bomgeography.poulsenll.orgoff-site
- [note] Lawrence Poulsen, "Why did King Limhi's search party get lost in the wilderness?," bomgeography.poulsenll.org (accessed 17 September 2006). off-site
- [note] Bruce Warren, "Surviving Jaredite Names in Mesoamerica," meridianmagazine.com off-site Note: Some Mesoamerican experts consulted by FAIR have recommended caution in accepting Warren's conclusions regarding names. This link is included because it forms part of the basis for Poulsen's suggestion.
- [note] Lawrence Poulsen, "Directions in the Book of Mormon," bomgeography.poulsenll.org (accessed 17 September 2006). off-site