Nephi to Cumorah Land of 1 st Inheritance Land of Nephi Sea East Sea West Narrow Strip

1. Alma 22:27-32 • Nephi to Cumorah • Land of 1st • Inheritance • Land of Nephi • Sea East • Sea West • Narrow Strip • of Wilderness • Zarahemla • Manti • River Sidon • East Wilderness 9 3 6 8 7 5 4 1 2

4. Stela 31

8. Jaguar Paw

9. King at Tikal Jaguar Paw

10. King at Tikal Born AD 317 Jaguar Paw

11. King at Tikal Born AD 317 Died 1/16/378 Jaguar Paw

13. Spear Thrower Owl

14. Teotihuacan king Spear Thrower Owl

15. Teotihuacan king Ruled AD 374-439 Spear Thrower Owl

16. Teotihuacan king Ruled AD 374-439 Father of Yax Nuun Ayin Spear Thrower Owl

18. Fire is Born

21. Yax Nuun Ayin

22. Yax Nuun Ayin First Crocodile or Curl Snout

23. Alma 22:29 …nevertheless the Nephites had taken possession of all the northern parts of the land bordering on the wilderness, at the head of the river Sidon, from the east to the west, round about on the wilderness side; on the north, even until they came to the land which they called Bountiful.

24. Alma 22:27-32 • Nephi to Cumorah • Land of 1st • Inheritance • Land of Nephi • Sea East • Sea West • Narrow Strip • of Wilderness • Zarahemla • Manti • River Sidon • East Wilderness • Bountiful 10 9 3 6 8 7 5 4 1 2

27. Alma 22:30 And it (Bountiful) bordered upon the land which they (the 1st century BC Nephites) called Desolation, it (Bountiful) being so far northward that it came into the land which had been peopled and been destroyed, of whose bones we have spoken (Jaredites), which was discovered by the people of Zarahemla, it (land northward/Desolation) being the place of their (Mulekites) first landing.

28. Alma 22:27-32 • Nephi to Cumorah • Land of 1st • Inheritance • Land of Nephi • Sea East • Sea West • Narrow Strip • of Wilderness • Zarahemla • Manti • River Sidon • East Wilderness • Bountiful • Desolation 10 11 9 3 6 8 7 5 4 1 2

29. Alma 22:31 And they (the Mulekites) came from there (the land northward/Desolation) up into the south wilderness. Thus the land on the northward was called Desolation, and the land on the southward was called Bountiful, it (Bountiful) being the wilderness which is filled with all manner of wild animals of every kind, a part of which had come from the land northward for food.

30. Alma 22:27-32 • Nephi to Cumorah • Land of 1st • Inheritance • Land of Nephi • Sea East • Sea West • Narrow Strip • of Wilderness • Zarahemla • Manti • River Sidon • East Wilderness • Bountiful • Desolation • Land Northward 10 11 12 9 3 6 8 7 5 4 1 2

31. Alma 22:27-32 • Nephi to Cumorah • Land of 1st • Inheritance • Land of Nephi • Sea East • Sea West • Narrow Strip • of Wilderness • Zarahemla • Manti • River Sidon • East Wilderness • Bountiful • Desolation • Land Northward • Mulekite landing 13 10 11 12 9 3 6 8 7 5 4 1 2

32. Alma 22:27-32 • Nephi to Cumorah • Land of 1st • Inheritance • Land of Nephi • Sea East • Sea West • Narrow Strip • of Wilderness • Zarahemla • Manti • River Sidon • East Wilderness • Bountiful • Desolation • Land Northward • Mulekite landing • South Wilderness 13 10 11 12 9 14 3 6 8 7 5 4 1 2

34. Alma 22:27-32 • Nephi to Cumorah • Land of 1st • Inheritance • Land of Nephi • Sea East • Sea West • Narrow Strip • of Wilderness • Zarahemla • Manti • River Sidon • East Wilderness • Bountiful • Desolation • Land Northward • Mulekite landing • South Wilderness • Land Southward 13 10 11 12 9 14 15 3 6 8 7 5 4 1 2

35. Alma 22:32 And now, it was only the distance of a day and a half’s journey for a Nephite,on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation, from the east to the west sea;…

36. 250 miles

37. 150 miles 250 miles

38. “A day and a half journey” 1 day = 8 miles “A day and a half journey” =12 Miles

39. Alma 22:27-32 • Nephi to Cumorah • Land of 1st • Inheritance • Land of Nephi • Sea East • Sea West • Narrow Strip • of Wilderness • Zarahemla • Manti • River Sidon • East Wilderness • Bountiful • Desolation • Land Northward • Mulekite landing • South Wilderness • Land Southward • Day & ½ Journey 13 10 11 12 9 14 15 3 6 8 16 7 5 4 1 2

40. A day and a half’s journey Alma 22:32 And now, it was only the distance of a day and a half’s journey for a Nephite, on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation,…

41. “A day and a half journey” DESOLATION WEST SEA BOUNTIFUL Alma 22:32 And now, it was only the distance of a day and a half’s journey for a Nephite, on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation, from the east to the west sea;…

42. SEA EAST DESOLATION BOUNTIFUL SEA WEST

43. A day and a half’s journey Alma 22:32 …on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation, from the east to the west sea;…

44. A day and a half’s journey Alma 22:32 …on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation, from the east to the west sea;… …on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation from the east, to the west sea;…

45. DESOLATION BOUNTIFUL Paredon Tonala PAREDON = BIG WALL

46. SEA EAST Zarahemla Nephi SEA WEST

47. DESOLATION BOUNTIFUL Ammonihah Melek

48. The Fortification Reference Helaman 4:7 And there they did fortify against the Lamanites, from the west sea, even unto the east; it being a day’s journey for a Nephite, on the line which they had fortified and stationed their armies to defend their north county.

49. Alma 22:32 …and thus the land of Nephi and the land of Zarahemla were nearly surrounded by water, there being a small neck of land between the land northward and the land southward.

50. Alma 22:27-32 • Nephi to Cumorah • Land of 1st • Inheritance • Land of Nephi • Sea East • Sea West • Narrow Strip • of Wilderness • Zarahemla • Manti • River Sidon • East Wilderness • Bountiful • Desolation • Land Northward • Mulekite landing • South Wilderness • Land Southward • Day & ½ Journey • Small neck of land 13 10 11 17 12 9 14 15 3 6 8 16 7 5 4 1 2