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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:14 pmAnd it came to pass that Hagoth, he being an exceedingly curious man, therefore he went forth and built him an exceedingly large ship, on the borders of the land Bountiful, by the land Desolation, and launched it forth into the west sea, by the narrow neck which led into the land northward.
I think Joseph Smith pictured Hagoth heading up the Susquehanna river.
Also, this is the key phrase which Shulem nailed, and I want to reiterate also:
So, the area described is surrounded by water, save the small neck of land which Shulem details in earlier posts. There is literally no geographic region in the Americas that matches the description, save the delmarva peninsula. If Joseph Smith was plagiarizing the Late War (shout out to Dan Peterson), there simply isn’t any other explanation for this description to be included in the Book of Mormon. In poker, this is a tell. Joseph Smith gives his hand away, his plagiarism of the Late War by including these relatively unnecessary literary details.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.
- Doc
Indeed, this is where Joseph got his idea to launch Hagoth's ship into the land northward, the same route Captain Kidd took to bury treasure:
And so, what do you think of them apples, Dan Peterson?
Vogel?