Book of Mormon/Geography/RLDS 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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.