Book of Mormon geography/All 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
Tyler n.d.	n.d		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Lauritzen n.d.	n.d.		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
General 1830s	1830	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America	New York	Magdalena?	Chile	LDS	External	edit
Times and Seasons 1842	1842	HGT?	Unclear	Tehuantepec-NY?	Unclear	New York	Unclear	Columbia	LDS	External	edit
Pratt 1866	1866	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America	New York	Magdalena	Chile	LDS	External	edit
Com.-Maes 1880	1880	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America	New York	Magdalena	Chile	LDS	External	edit
Reynolds 1880	1880	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America	New York	Magdalena	Chile	LDS	External	edit
Plain Facts 1887	1887	HGT	Panama	Guatemala	South America	New York?	Magdalena	Chile?	LDS	Minimal external	edit
Roberts 1888	1888	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America	New York	Magdalena	Chile	LDS	External	edit
RLDS/Wes 1900?	1900	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America	New York	Magdalena	Chile	RLDS	External	edit
Ricks 1904	1904	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America	Unclear	Magdalena	Chile	LDS	External	edit
Hills 1917	1917	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Central Mexico	Usumacinta	Central America	RLDS	External	edit
Young pre-1920?	1920	LGT	Other	Guatemala	Honduras-El Salvador	Guatemala	Ulna	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Gunsolley 1922	1922	LGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America	Central Mexico	Magdalena	Chile?	RLDS	Minimal external	edit
Driggs 1925	1925	HGT	Honduras Bay	Panama to NY	Southern Guatemala	Guatemala	Ulna	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Bagley 1927	1927	HGT	Belize-Yucatan base	South-Central Mexico	Unclear	New York	Unclear	Unclear	LDS	External	edit
Sjodhal 1927	1927	HGT	Tehuantepec	Tehuantepec-NY	Unclear	New York	Unclear	Chile	LDS	External	edit
Washburn/Washburn 1939	1939		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Jakeman 1940s	1940	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Central Mexico	Usumacinta	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Laytons 1940?	1940	HGT	Tehuantepec	Tehuantepec-NY	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	New York	Usumacinta	Unclear	LDS	Internal and Minimal External	edit
Ferguson 1947	1947		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Wilde 1947	1947	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America?	New York	Unclear	Chile?	LDS	External	edit
Birrell 1948	1948	LGT	Other	Ecuador-Columbia	Peru and south	In South America	In Peru	Chile	LDS	External	edit
Simmons 1948	1948	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Southern Veracruz	Usumacinta	Central America	RLDS	External	edit
Ferguson-Hunter 1950	1950	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Southern Veracruz	Usumacinta?	Central America	LDS	Minimal internal & external	edit
Stout 1950	1950	LGT	Other	Unclear	Other	Unclear	Other	Central America	RLDS	External	edit
Hanson 1951	1951	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Southern Veracruz?	Unclear	Central America?	RLDS	Minimal external	edit
Pierce 1954	1954	LGT	Other	Yucatan Peninsula	Unclear	Guatemala	Ulna	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Sorenson 1955	1955	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Tehuantepec - El Salvador	Southern Veracruz	Grijalva	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Dixon 1958	1958	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America	New York	Unclear	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Hammond 1959	1959	LGT	Tehuantepec?	Unclear	Tehuantepec - El Salvador?	Central Mexico?	Usumacinta	Chile	LDS	Internal and Minimal External	edit
Lowe 1960a	1960	LGT	Honduras Bay	Guatemala	Other	Guatemala	Unclear	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Lowe 1960b	1960	LGT	Other	Unclear	Other	Southern Veracruz?	Usumacinta	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Vincent 1960?	1960	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Central Mexico	Usumacinta?	Central America?	LDS	External	edit
Warren 1960	1960	LGT	Tehuantepec?	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Central Mexico	Usumacinta	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Warren 1961	1961	LGT	Unclear	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Southern Veracruz	Usumacinta	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Ludlow n.d.	1964		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Norman 1966	1966	LGT	Tehuantepec?	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan?	Unclear	Usumacinta	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Christensen 1969	1969	LGT	Belize-Yucatan base	Yucatan Peninsula	Unclear	Guatemala?	Ulna	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Lowe 1970s	1970	LGT	Other	Unclear	Other	Southern Veracruz?	Usumacinta	Central America?	LDS	External	edit
Priddis 1975	1975	LGT	Other	Ecuador-Columbia	Other	In South America	Unclear	Chile	LDS	External	edit
Steede 1975	1975	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Southern Veracruz?	Usumacinta?	Central America	RLDS	External	edit
Loving 1976	1976	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Southern Veracruz	Usumacinta	Unclear	RLDS	External	edit
Ludlow 1976	1976		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
DeLong 1977	1977	LGT	Tehuantepec	Yucatan Peninsula	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Central Mexico	Usumacinta	Unclear	RLDS	External	edit
Le Poidevin 1977	1977	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	Other	New York	Maranon?	Chile	RLDS	External	edit
Robison 1977	1977	LGT	Belize-Yucatan base	Yucatan Peninsula	Southern Guatemala	Guatemala	Usumacinta	Unclear	LDS	External	edit
Ellsworth 1980	1980	LGT	Other	Unclear	Other	Unclear	Other	Central America	LDS	Internal & limited external	edit
Lesh 1980	1980	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Southern Veracruz	Ulna	Central America	RLDS	External	edit
Palmer 1981	1981	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Tehuantepec - El Salvador	Southern Veracruz	Grijalva	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Holley 1983	1983	LGT	Niagra peninsula	Lower Canada?	NY, Penn, Ohio	New York	Genesse	New England coast	LDS	External	edit
Porritt 1985	1985	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Southern Veracruz	Grijalva	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Kocherhans 1986	1986	LGT	Other	Ecuador-Columbia	Peru and south	In South America	In Peru	Chile	LDS	External	edit
Nielson 1987	1987		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Sahlin 1987	1987	LGT	Unclear	Unclear	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Unclear	Grijalva	Unclear	LDS	External	edit
Warren 1987	1987	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Tehuantepec - El Salvador	Southern Veracruz	Grijalva	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Curtis 1988	1988	HGT	Unclear	Unclear	Other	New York	Unclear	Unclear	LDS	External	edit
Hauck 1988	1988	LGT	Other	Unclear	Southern Guatemala	Southern Veracruz	Other	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Hobby-Smith 1988	1988	HGT	Panama	Panama to NY	South America	Central Mexico	Unclear	Chile?	LDS	External	edit
Proctor 1988	1988		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Qulter 1988	1988	LGT	Belize-Yucatan base	Yucatan Peninsula	Southern Guatemala	Unclear	Other	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Allen 1989	1989	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Southern Veracruz	Grijalva	Central America	LDS	External	edit
Clark 1989	1989		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	LDS	Internal	edit
Ainsworth 2000	2000	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	LDS	External	edit
Olive 2001	2001	LGT	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	LDS	^{[needs work]}	edit
Goble-May 2002	2002	LGT	^{[needs work]}	Upper Canada	Continental USA	New York	Mississippi	Gulf of Mexico	LDS	External	edit
Wunderli 2002	2002	HGT	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	^{[needs work]}	Critic	^{[needs work]}	edit
Meldrum 2003	2003?	LGT	Niagara Peninsula	Upper Canada	Mississippi river system to Gulf of Mexico	New York	Mississippi	Gulf of Mexico	LDS	External	edit
Olsen 2004	2004	Non-Western Hemisphere	Malay Peninsula	Malaysia	Malaysia	Other	Kelantan	Malaysia	LDS	External	edit
Poulsen 2004	2004	LGT	Tehuantepec	South-Central Mexico	Southern Mesoamerica, incl Yucatan	Tepetzintla (further North than Veracruz)	Grijalva	Central America	LDS	External	edit

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 FAIR Wiki editors.