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Map 25 (Corianton and Hagoth to the land Northward)
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Corianton and Hagoth to the land Northward on an internal map


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Alma 30:5 And it came to pass that in the thirty and seventh year of the reign of the Judges, there was a large company of men, even to the amount of five thousand and four hundred men, with their wives and their children, departed out of the land of Zarahemla, into the land which was northward.

Alma 30:6 And it came to pass that Hagoth, he being an exceeding curious man, therefore he went forth, and built him an exceeding 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.

Alma 30:7 And behold there were many of the Nephites who did enter therein, and did sail forth with much provisions, and also many women and children; and they took their course northward.

Alma 30:8 And thus ended the thirty and seventh year.

Alma 30:9 And in the thirty and eighth year, this man built other ships.

Alma 30:10 And the first ship did also return, and many more people did enter into it; and they also took much provisions, and set out again to the land northward.

Alma 30:11 And it came to pass that they were never heard of more. And we suppose that they were drowned up in the depths of the sea.

Alma 30:14 And it came to pass in the thirty and ninth year of the reign of the Judges, Shiblon died also, and Corianton had gone forth to the land northward, in a ship, to carry forth provisions unto the people who had gone forth into that land;



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Corianton and Hagoth to the land Northward on a world map


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There is no specific path mentioned regarding the people from Zarahemla traveling to the land northward. The narrow pass and the valley near hill Ramah / hill Cumorah are the only two ways mentioned to get to the land northward.

From this map, it's possible to see the river system that makes up the land northward. It's also possible to see how difficult it is to get from the lowlands in the south past the mountains that surround the land northward. A third easy way to get into the interior of the land northward is where the rivers empty to the Sea West. This is consistent with the description of the travel by boat from the narrow neck to the land northward. At the narrow neck are a system of lagoons that have been used as a port since before the European explorers arrived. This world location is very consistent with a reason to travel to the land northward by boat (it's difficult to reach by land), a place near the narrow neck to launch a boat (the system of lagoons), and a location into the land northward that is really only easy to reach by boat (the river mouth of the rivers that course through the land northward).