Others argued for a setting in the american heartland. The starting point for this theory is the claim that a 4,000 mile journey to the malay peninsula, with appropriate winds and currents from the middle east, would have been much easier for the jaredites, mulekites and lehites than a 16,000 mile voyage across the indian and pacific oceans with no appropriate currents to the americas. Many accounts of significant lands and cities are given in the book of mormon. I have been trying to avoid the topic of book of mormon geography for several years now, for it is a messy and oftentimes ugly endeavor. He has spent almost fifty years in teaching, searching and researching the internal and external messages of that sacred history revered by millions of latterday saints worldwide. Book of mormongeographynew worldlimited geography theory. Chief among these is the fact that we know we certainty where the story beginsin old world jerusalem. The malay book of mormon geography model asserts that the book of mormon account matches the geography and historical record of the malay peninsula. The book of mormon geography lands and map with dna evidence.
The main passage mentions the land of nephi bordering on the seas, a narrow. The geographical setting of the book of mormon is the set of locations of the events described. Almost all northsouth land traffic and trade passed through this corridor from ancient jaredite times until well past the end of book of mormon times 420 ad. The fight over book of mormon geography deseret news. Some place the geography of the book in upstate new york or near the great lakes. Bmaf supports a mesoamerican context for the major book of mormon sites. Some placed the nephite capital city zarahemla in mesoamerica, others in south america. Reply to pros, cons of book of mormon geography theories book. A discussion of the arabian, or old world, geography of the book of mormon enjoys many advantages over discussion of new world matters.
The book of mormon geography book, a promised land, the land of promise, is one of our books at alpha publishing available for purchase at virginia elieson was inspired with this geography, while with her patriarch husband and mission president in dallas here organized into a book by peter covino, jr. In mesoamerica, a narrow travel corridor stretches from the pacific coast of guatemala through the isthmus of tehuantepec to the atlantic coast of veracruz, mexico. True book of mormon geography lands, western new york model. Mormon historical sources relevant to book of mormon geography. Anthropologist mark wrights 2008 fair conference address on similarities between mesoamerica and the book of mormon. I have studied the mesoamerican theory all my life and loved it very. This book locates everything from the narrow neck, to zarahemla, from cumorah, to the land of promise, bountiful, and more. The church of jesus christ of latterday saints released a statement today concerning the geography of the book of mormon in the form of a new gospel topics. The main passage mentions the land of nephi bordering on the seas, a narrow strip of wilderness, the land of zarahemla, and the headwaters of the river sidon see alma 22. There are many different ideas of geography within the mesoamerican setting, and they disagree with each other over specific geographical.