Book of Mormon/Geography/Models/Limited

Model Name	Date Proposed	Scope	Narrow Neck	Land North	Land South	Cumorah	River Sidon	Nephi's Landing	Religion	Type of model Contents 1 Model name: Hills 1917 2 Model name: Young pre-1920? 3 Model name: Gunsolley 1922 4 Model name: Jakeman 1940s 5 Model name: Birrell 1948 6 Model name: Simmons 1948 7 Model name: Ferguson-Hunter 1950 8 Model name: Stout 1950 9 Model name: Hanson 1951 10 Model name: Pierce 1954 11 Model name: Sorenson 1955 12 Model name: Hammond 1959 13 Model name: Lowe 1960a 14 Model name: Lowe 1960b 15 Model name: Vincent 1960? 16 Model name: Warren 1960 17 Model name: Warren 1961 18 Model name: Norman 1966 19 Model name: Christensen 1969 20 Model name: Lowe 1970s 21 Model name: Priddis 1975 22 Model name: Steede 1975 23 Model name: Loving 1976 24 Model name: DeLong 1977 25 Model name: Robison 1977 26 Model name: Ellsworth 1980 27 Model name: Lesh 1980 28 Model name: Palmer 1981 29 Model name: Holley 1983 30 Model name: Porritt 1985 31 Model name: Kocherhans 1986 32 Model name: Sahlin 1987 33 Model name: Warren 1987 34 Model name: Hauck 1988 35 Model name: Qulter 1988 36 Model name: Allen 1989 37 Model name: Clark 1989 38 Model name: Meldrum 2003 39 Model name: Poulsen 2004 Model name: Hills 1917 Date proposed: 1917 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Central Mexico Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Central America Religion: RLDS Type: External Model name: Young pre-1920? Date proposed: 1920 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Other Land north: Guatemala Land south: Honduras-El Salvador Cumorah: Guatemala Sidon: Ulna Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Gunsolley 1922 Date proposed: 1922 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Panama to NY Land south: South America Cumorah: Central Mexico Sidon: Magdalena Landing: Chile? Religion: RLDS Type: Minimal external Model name: Jakeman 1940s Date proposed: 1940 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Central Mexico Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Birrell 1948 Date proposed: 1948 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Other Land north: Ecuador-Colombia Land south: Peru and south Cumorah: In South America Sidon: In Peru Landing: Chile Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Simmons 1948 Date proposed: 1948 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Central America Religion: RLDS Type: External Model name: Ferguson-Hunter 1950 Date proposed: 1950 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Usumacinta? Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: Minimal internal & external Model name: Stout 1950 Date proposed: 1950 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Other Land north: Unclear Land south: Other Cumorah: Unclear Sidon: Other Landing: Central America Religion: RLDS Type: External Model name: Hanson 1951 Date proposed: 1951 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Southern Veracruz? Sidon: Unclear Landing: Central America? Religion: RLDS Type: Minimal external Model name: Pierce 1954 Date proposed: 1954 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Other Land north: Yucatan Peninsula Land south: Unclear Cumorah: Guatemala Sidon: Ulna Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Sorenson 1955 Date proposed: 1955 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Tehuantepec - El Salvador Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Grijalva Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Hammond 1959 Date proposed: 1959 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec? Land north: Unclear Land south: Tehuantepec - El Salvador? Cumorah: Central Mexico? Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Chile Religion: LDS Type: Internal and Minimal External Model name: Lowe 1960a Date proposed: 1960 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Honduras Bay Land north: Guatemala Land south: Other Cumorah: Guatemala Sidon: Unclear Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Lowe 1960b Date proposed: 1960 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Other Land north: Unclear Land south: Other Cumorah: Southern Veracruz? Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Vincent 1960? Date proposed: 1960 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Central Mexico Sidon: Usumacinta? Landing: Central America? Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Warren 1960 Date proposed: 1960 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec? Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Central Mexico Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Warren 1961 Date proposed: 1961 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Unclear Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Norman 1966 Date proposed: 1966 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec? Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan? Cumorah: Unclear Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Christensen 1969 Date proposed: 1969 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Belize-Yucatan base Land north: Yucatan Peninsula Land south: Unclear Cumorah: Guatemala? Sidon: Ulna Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Lowe 1970s Date proposed: 1970 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Other Land north: Unclear Land south: Other Cumorah: Southern Veracruz? Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Central America? Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Priddis 1975 Date proposed: 1975 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Other Land north: Ecuador-Colombia Land south: Other Cumorah: In South America Sidon: Unclear Landing: Chile Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Steede 1975 Date proposed: 1975 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Southern Veracruz? Sidon: Usumacinta? Landing: Central America Religion: RLDS Type: External Model name: Loving 1976 Date proposed: 1976 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Unclear Religion: RLDS Type: External Model name: DeLong 1977 Date proposed: 1977 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: Yucatan Peninsula Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Central Mexico Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Unclear Religion: RLDS Type: External Model name: Robison 1977 Date proposed: 1977 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Belize-Yucatan base Land north: Yucatan Peninsula Land south: Southern Guatemala Cumorah: Guatemala Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Unclear Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Ellsworth 1980 Date proposed: 1980 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Other Land north: Unclear Land south: Other Cumorah: Unclear Sidon: Other Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: Internal & limited external Model name: Lesh 1980 Date proposed: 1980 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Ulna Landing: Central America Religion: RLDS Type: External Model name: Palmer 1981 Date proposed: 1981 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Tehuantepec - El Salvador Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Grijalva Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Holley 1983 Date proposed: 1983 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Niagara peninsula Land north: Lower Canada? Land south: NY, Penn, Ohio Cumorah: New York Sidon: Genesse Landing: New England coast Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Porritt 1985 Date proposed: 1985 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Grijalva Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Kocherhans 1986 Date proposed: 1986 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Other Land north: Ecuador-Colombia Land south: Peru and south Cumorah: In South America Sidon: In Peru Landing: Chile Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Sahlin 1987 Date proposed: 1987 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Unclear Land north: Unclear Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Unclear Sidon: Grijalva Landing: Unclear Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Warren 1987 Date proposed: 1987 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Tehuantepec - El Salvador Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Grijalva Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Hauck 1988 Date proposed: 1988 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Other Land north: Unclear Land south: Southern Guatemala Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Other Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Qulter 1988 Date proposed: 1988 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Belize-Yucatan base Land north: Yucatan Peninsula Land south: Southern Guatemala Cumorah: Unclear Sidon: Other Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Allen 1989 Date proposed: 1989 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Southern Veracruz Sidon: Grijalva Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Clark 1989 Date proposed: 1989 Scope: N/A Narrow neck: N/A Land north: N/A Land south: N/A Cumorah: N/A Sidon: N/A Landing: N/A Religion: LDS Type: Internal Model name: Meldrum 2003 Date proposed: 2003? Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Niagara Peninsula Land north: Upper Canada Land south: Mississippi river system to Gulf of Mexico Cumorah: New York Sidon: Mississippi Landing: Gulf of Mexico Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Poulsen 2004 Date proposed: 2004 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: Tepetzintla (further North than Veracruz) Sidon: Grijalva Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External

Table based on John L. Sorenson, The Geography of Book of Mormon Events: A Source Book (Provo, Utah: FARMS, revised edition, 1992), 32. AISN B0006QHZWE. off-site with additions and corrections by FairMormon Wiki editors.

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Model name: Hills 1917

Model name: Young pre-1920?

Model name: Gunsolley 1922

Model name: Jakeman 1940s

Model name: Birrell 1948

Model name: Simmons 1948

Model name: Ferguson-Hunter 1950

Model name: Stout 1950

Model name: Hanson 1951

Model name: Pierce 1954

Model name: Sorenson 1955

Model name: Hammond 1959

Model name: Lowe 1960a

Model name: Lowe 1960b

Model name: Vincent 1960?

Model name: Warren 1960

Model name: Warren 1961

Model name: Norman 1966

Model name: Christensen 1969

Model name: Lowe 1970s

Model name: Priddis 1975

Model name: Steede 1975

Model name: Loving 1976

Model name: DeLong 1977

Model name: Robison 1977

Model name: Ellsworth 1980

Model name: Lesh 1980

Model name: Palmer 1981

Model name: Holley 1983

Model name: Porritt 1985

Model name: Kocherhans 1986

Model name: Sahlin 1987

Model name: Warren 1987

Model name: Hauck 1988

Model name: Qulter 1988

Model name: Allen 1989

Model name: Clark 1989

Model name: Meldrum 2003

Model name: Poulsen 2004

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