The Nephites and Lamanites » Nephites Populate Polynesia

In 55 BC, a Nephite man named Hagoth built an extremely large ship and filled it with provisions. He and many Nephite families launched into the west sea. The next year the ship returned and he built more ships, filled them all with other Nephite families and provisions, and sailed off into the west sea. They did not return, and many supposed they had drowned at sea.