Mormon Travel Maps - Mormon to hill Shim - Book of Mormon Geography

Map 1 (Nephites gather to the one place)

Map 1 (Nephites to the north countries)
Map 2 (Battles between Giddianhi, Zemnarihah, and Gidgiddoni)

Map 2 (Mormon to hill Shim)
Map 3 (Battles between Giddianhi, Zemnarihah, and Gidgiddoni)

Map 3 (Nephites from Shem to Desolation)

Map 4 (Lamanites to Desolation and Teancum)
Map 5 (Nephites return to their lands)

Map 5 (Nephites from Teancum to Desolation)

Map 6 (Jacob from Zarahemla to Jacobogath)

Map 6 (Nephites from Teancum to Desolation and Boaz)
Map 7 (Jacob from Zarahemla to Jacobogath)

Map 7 (Nephites to Jordan and hill Cumorah)

Map 2 (Mormon to hill Shim)

Verses

Mormon 1:25 And it came to pass that we did come to the city of Angola, and we did take possession of the city, and make preparations to defend ourselves against the Lamanites.

Mormon 1:26 And it came to pass that we did fortify the city with our mights; but notwithstanding all our fortifications, the Lamanites did come upon us, and did drive us out of the city.

Mormon 1:27 And they did also drive us forth out of the land of David. And we marched forth and came to the land of Joshua, which was in the borders west, by the seashore.

Mormon 1:31 And now the Lamanites had a king, and his name was Aaron; and he came against us with an army of forty and four thousand.

Mormon 1:32 And behold, I withstood him with forty and two thousand. And it came to pass that I beat him with my army, that he fled before me.

Mormon 1:42 And it came to pass that in the three hundred and forty and fifth year, the Nephites did begin to flee before the Lamanites, and they were pursued until they came even to the land of Jashon, before it was possible to stop them in their retreat.

Mormon 1:43 And now the city of Jashon was near the land where Ammoron had deposited the records unto the Lord, that they might not be destroyed.

Mormon 1:44 And behold, I had gone according to the word of Ammoron, and taken the plates of Nephi, and did make a record according to the words of Ammoron.

Mormon 1:47 And it came to pass that in this year the people of Nephi again were hunted and driven.

Mormon 1:48 And it came to pass that we were driven forth until we had come northward to the land which was called Shem.

Mormon 1:50 And it came to pass in the three hundred and forty and sixth year, they began to come upon us again.

World Location

Commentary

Antum, by the hill Shim, was first mentioned in Mormon 1:4, "And when ye are of that age, go to the land of Antum, unto a hill, which shall be called Shim; and there have I deposited unto the Lord, all the sacred engravings concerning this people." Mormon 1:43 refers to this description.

It's interesting that the Nephites, when fleeing the land of David, did not stop at Bountiful, but continued to the Sea West coast to the land of Joshua. One explanation is that Joshua is located near the narrow pass that leads into the land southward. This would mean that the reason for occupying Joshua was a matter of defense against any Lamanite army that tried to come into the narow neck by way of the land southward. If Bountiful still had sufficient defenses, this might explain why the Lamanite army did not pursue the Nephites to Joshua. This can also explain why the Nephites eventually had to flee northward to Jashon. From the world location, any army approaching the west coast by way of Bountiful would cut off any northward retreat. A Lamanite army coming through the land southward would permit retreat northward.