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3. Could Joseph Smith have gotten the names Moroni and Cumorah from local American whalers?
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3. Could Joseph Smith have gotten the names Moroni and Cumorah from local American whalers?
Island', from A Chart of the Inner Passage between the Coast of Africa and the
Isle of Madagascar, from Mr. D’Anville with Several Additions. In The Oriental Pilot
(1778) by R. Sayer and J. Bennett. Courtesy the Map Section at the National
Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia."
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