Book of Mormon/Geography/Models/Hemispheric


Hemispheric Geography Models


Jump to details:

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: RLDS/Wes 1900?

Date proposed: 1900
Scope: HGT
Narrow neck: Panama
Land north: Panama to NY
Land south: South America
Cumorah: New York
Sidon: Magdalena
Landing: Chile
Religion: RLDS
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Le Poidevin 1977

Date proposed: 1977
Scope: HGT
Narrow neck: Panama
Land north: Panama to NY
Land south: Other
Cumorah: New York
Sidon: Maranon?
Landing: Chile
Religion: RLDS
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: 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: 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: Wunderli 2002

Date proposed: 2002
Scope: HGT
Narrow neck:  [needs work]
Land north:  [needs work]
Land south:  [needs work]
Cumorah:  [needs work]
Sidon:  [needs work]
Landing:  [needs work]
Religion: Critic

Type:  [needs work]