Book of Mormon/Geography/LDS models table

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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: Tyler n.d. 2 Model name: Lauritzen n.d. 3 Model name: General 1830s 4 Model name: Times and Seasons 1842 5 Model name: Pratt 1866 6 Model name: Com.-Maes 1880 7 Model name: Reynolds 1880 8 Model name: Plain Facts 1887 9 Model name: Roberts 1888 10 Model name: Ricks 1904 11 Model name: Young pre-1920? 12 Model name: Driggs 1925 13 Model name: Bagley 1927 14 Model name: Sjodhal 1927 15 Model name: Washburn 1939 16 Model name: Jakeman 1940s 17 Model name: Laytons 1940? 18 Model name: Ferguson 1947 19 Model name: Wilde 1947 20 Model name: Birrell 1948 21 Model name: Ferguson-Hunter 1950 22 Model name: Pierce 1954 23 Model name: Sorenson 1955 24 Model name: Dixon 1958 25 Model name: Hammond 1959 26 Model name: Lowe 1960a 27 Model name: Lowe 1960b 28 Model name: Vincent 1960? 29 Model name: Warren 1960 30 Model name: Warren 1961 31 Model name: Ludlow 1964 32 Model name: Norman 1966 33 Model name: Christensen 1969 34 Model name: Lowe 1970s 35 Model name: Priddis 1975 36 Model name: Ludlow 1976 37 Model name: Robison 1977 38 Model name: Ellsworth 1980 39 Model name: Palmer 1981 40 Model name: Holley 1983 41 Model name: Porritt 1985 42 Model name: Kocherhans 1986 43 Model name: Nielson 1987 44 Model name: Sahlin 1987 45 Model name: Warren 1987 46 Model name: Curtis 1988 47 Model name: Hauck 1988 48 Model name: Hobby-Smith 1988 49 Model name: Proctor 1988 50 Model name: Qulter 1988 51 Model name: Allen 1989 52 Model name: Clark 1989 53 Model name: Olive 2001 54 Model name: Goble-May 2002 55 Model name: Pate 2002 56 Model name: Meldrum 2003 57 Model name: Goble 2004 58 Model name: Poulsen 2004 Model name: Tyler n.d. Date proposed: n.d. 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: Lauritzen n.d. Date proposed: n.d. 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: General 1830s Date proposed: 1830 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Panama to NY Land south: South America Cumorah: New York Sidon: Magdalena? Landing: Chile Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Times and Seasons 1842 Date proposed: 1842 Scope: HGT? Narrow neck: Unclear Land north: Tehuantepec-NY? Land south: Unclear Cumorah: New York Sidon: Unclear Landing: Colombia Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Pratt 1866 Date proposed: 1866 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Panama to NY Land south: South America Cumorah: New York Sidon: Magdalena Landing: Chile Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Com.-Maes 1880 Date proposed: 1880 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Panama to NY Land south: South America Cumorah: New York Sidon: Magdalena Landing: Chile Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Reynolds 1880 Date proposed: 1880 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Panama to NY Land south: South America Cumorah: New York Sidon: Magdalena Landing: Chile Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Plain Facts 1887 Date proposed: 1887 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Guatemala Land south: South America Cumorah: New York? Sidon: Magdalena Landing: Chile? Religion: LDS Type: Minimal external Model name: Roberts 1888 Date proposed: 1888 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Panama to NY Land south: South America Cumorah: New York Sidon: Magdalena Landing: Chile Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Ricks 1904 Date proposed: 1904 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Panama to NY Land south: South America Cumorah: Unclear Sidon: Magdalena Landing: Chile Religion: LDS 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: Driggs 1925 Date proposed: 1925 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Honduras Bay Land north: Panama to NY Land south: Southern Guatemala Cumorah: Guatemala Sidon: Ulna Landing: Central America Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Bagley 1927 Date proposed: 1927 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Belize-Yucatan base Land north: South-Central Mexico Land south: Unclear Cumorah: New York Sidon: Unclear Landing: Unclear Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Sjodhal 1927 Date proposed: 1927 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: Tehuantepec-NY Land south: Unclear Cumorah: New York Sidon: Unclear Landing: Chile Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Washburn 1939 Date proposed: 1939 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: 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: Laytons 1940? Date proposed: 1940 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: Tehuantepec-NY Land south: Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan Cumorah: New York Sidon: Usumacinta Landing: Unclear Religion: LDS Type: Internal and Minimal External Model name: Ferguson 1947 Date proposed: 1947 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: Wilde 1947 Date proposed: 1947 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Panama to NY Land south: South America? Cumorah: New York Sidon: Unclear Landing: Chile? 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: 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: 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: Dixon 1958 Date proposed: 1958 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Panama to NY Land south: South America Cumorah: New York Sidon: Unclear 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: Ludlow 1964 Date proposed: 1964 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: 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: Ludlow 1976 Date proposed: 1976 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: 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: 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: Nielson 1987 Date proposed: 1987 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: 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: Curtis 1988 Date proposed: 1988 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Niagara Peninsula Land north: Unclear Land south: Other Cumorah: New York Sidon: Unclear Landing: Unclear 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: Hobby-Smith 1988 Date proposed: 1988 Scope: HGT Narrow neck: Panama Land north: Panama to NY Land south: South America Cumorah: Central Mexico Sidon: Unclear Landing: Chile? Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Proctor 1988 Date proposed: 1988 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: 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: Olive 2001 Date proposed: 2001 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: ^{[needs work]} Land north: ^{[needs work]} Land south: ^{[needs work]} Cumorah: ^{[needs work]} Sidon: ^{[needs work]} Landing: ^{[needs work]} Religion: LDS Type: ^{[needs work]} Model name: Goble-May 2002 Date proposed: 2002 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Niagara Peninsula Land north: Upper Canada Land south: Eastern US/Midwest Cumorah: New York Sidon: Mississippi Landing: Gulf of Mexico Religion: LDS Type: External Model name: Pate 2002 Date proposed: 2002 Scope: LGT Narrow neck: Bridge over Samalá River (Mukulic-ya) at Santa Crúz Muluá, Guatemala Land north: Mam Culture, Western Pacific Piedmont of Guatemala Land south: Cotzumalhuapa Culture, Southern Pacific Piedmont of Guatemala Cumorah: Cumarkah (Utatlán) Santa Crúz del Quiché, Guatemala Sidon: There are two -- Pantaleon (Alma 2:15) and Michatoya (Alma 16:6), Guatemala Landing: Acajutla, El Salvador Religion: LDS Type: External with complete internal correlation 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: Goble 2004 Date proposed: 2004 Scope: LGT/HGT Narrow neck: Tehuantepec Land north: From Tehuantepec Northward Land south: Mesoamerica/Preclassic Maya Cumorah: New York Sidon: Undetermined Landing: Undetermined 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: Tyler n.d.

Model name: Lauritzen n.d.

Model name: General 1830s

Model name: Times and Seasons 1842

Model name: Pratt 1866

Model name: Com.-Maes 1880

Model name: Reynolds 1880

Model name: Plain Facts 1887

Model name: Roberts 1888

Model name: Ricks 1904

Model name: Young pre-1920?

Model name: Driggs 1925

Model name: Bagley 1927

Model name: Sjodhal 1927

Model name: Washburn 1939

Model name: Jakeman 1940s

Model name: Laytons 1940?

Model name: Ferguson 1947

Model name: Wilde 1947

Model name: Birrell 1948

Model name: Ferguson-Hunter 1950

Model name: Pierce 1954

Model name: Sorenson 1955

Model name: Dixon 1958

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: Ludlow 1964

Model name: Norman 1966

Model name: Christensen 1969

Model name: Lowe 1970s

Model name: Priddis 1975

Model name: Ludlow 1976

Model name: Robison 1977

Model name: Ellsworth 1980

Model name: Palmer 1981

Model name: Holley 1983

Model name: Porritt 1985

Model name: Kocherhans 1986

Model name: Nielson 1987

Model name: Sahlin 1987

Model name: Warren 1987

Model name: Curtis 1988

Model name: Hauck 1988

Model name: Hobby-Smith 1988

Model name: Proctor 1988

Model name: Qulter 1988

Model name: Allen 1989

Model name: Clark 1989

Model name: Olive 2001

Model name: Goble-May 2002

Model name: Pate 2002

Model name: Meldrum 2003

Model name: Goble 2004

Model name: Poulsen 2004

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