I recently returned from 11 days in guatemala where i collaborated with bright people such as mark wright, diane wirth, dave gray, rick callister, van dunham, neal rappleye, stephen smoot, and rolando amado. Internal book of mormon geography focuses on the relationships between. Book of mormon evidence in american archaeology wayne may. One very distinctive feature he mentions is that there was a land. The map spans jaredite and nephitelamanite periods during which settlements changed over time. This book locates everything from the narrow neck, to zarahemla, from cumorah, to the land of promise, bountiful. Lake erie and lake ontario which are the seas that divide the land at. The book of mormon is more than a history book of two ancient civilizations, it reveals the covenant land of joseph, the favorite son of jacob, israel who was sold into egypt by his brothers that being the promised land of america. Wayne may true book of mormon geography lands western. Traveling from the land of desolation in the north, to the land southward, we encounter the principal book of mormon lands of bountiful, zarahemla, and nephi. A satellite map of baja california overlaid with proposed locations found in the book of mormon. The conceptual map of the land of the book of mormon. Proposed book of mormon geographical setting wikipedia. Possible book of mormon sites in relation to each other.
The book of mormon does not say that the entire land northward resides in land occupied by the united states of america. Red dots are the proposed cities in this model, mostly based on. From the west sea to the east sea at the narrow neck of land was 1 to 1 12 days. It appears that a new day in book of mormon geography is now dawning. Imagined map of the book of mormon lands by tyler griffin, taylor. Maps true book of mormon geography lands, western new. It incorporates much of what i have learned since this journey began in august, 2011. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. Jun 18, 20 book of mormon lands proposed map of the book of mormon stay safe and healthy. I like this take on where the cities might have been. Maps the north american setting for the book of mormon. X map in my view, there are two categories of book of mormon maps.
Wayne may presents book of mormon evidence in north american geography, archaeology and historical records. The book of mormon geography lds map and lands with dna evidence for zarahemla, cumorah, america. The most recent internal map of the book of mormon superimposed over peninsular siam. Watch till the end to see a point by point walk through of mormons description in alma 22 2734. Why did mormon give so many details about geography. The book of mormon geography lands and map with dna evidence. Higher to lower elevation map wayne may, book of mormon geography presentation, ancient american history conference, slc, april 1, 2011 rivers flow from higher elevations to lower elevations.
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