Book Of Mormon Map Lehi. Most researchers believe that the trail lehi took was near or on the passage most commonly taken by travelers, and known as the frankincense trail. Includes every geographical place mentioned in the book of mormon.
Made popular by his 1985 publication “an ancient american setting for the book of mormon“, sorenson’s geographic model for the book of mormon has withstood the test of time and remains the preeminent geographic model for book of mormon events. No effort should be made to identify points on this map with any existing geographical location. These are real maps because this is the real geography.
Because the book of mormon is ultimately a lineage history of the third group, led by the prophet lehi, we are most familiar with their story.
The story of the book of mormon and lehi’s exodus from the old world begins in jerusalem, the capital of the kingdom of judah and the most prominent city in all israel. A complete description of the book of mormon geography (bomgeography), including an internal map model, external map model (i.e. The map spans jaredite and nephite/lamanite periods during which settlements changed over time. These are real maps because this is the real geography.