New World
The Book of Mormon refers to a city on the American continent called Bountiful. It holds a significant importance in the book as the place where Jesus Christ is said to have visited people in the Book of Mormon civilization after his resurrection. As with most Book of Mormon place names, secular scholars consider the New World Bountiful to be a fictional location. However, LDS archeologist John Sorenson believes it to have been in what today is the Mexican State of Tabasco.
Other LDS argue that the New World land and city of Bountiful cannot possibly be very distant from the location of the land Cumorah given in LDS scripture. This interpretation understands the Cumorah described in the Book of Mormon to be identical to the Cumorah mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 128:20.
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