Ch'ŏnhado(天下圖, map of the world) is one of the traditional world maps frequently found in Korea. This circular map is composed of a main continent, inner sea, outer land ring, outer sea and a pair of trees on the east and west sides. There are too many imaginary countries and place names in this map. That is why many scholars regarded it as a merely imaginary map oriented in the ancient Chinese or Buddhistic tradition. Ch'ŏnhado is, however, related with European world maps translated into Chinese Character. In the late 16th century Jesuits World Maps were introduced into Korea via China. One feature of the map is that China is placed near the center. This was the result of Matteo Ricci's concession to the belief of the Chinese, "China is the center of the world". Koreans found the wider world beyond the east Asia but they were reluctant to recognize the European originality. Koreans thought that the fundamental principles of the European world maps are declared by the ancient oriental scholars and thus revived the ancient oriental classics like Sanhaegyŏng(山海経) etc. Ch'ŏnhado is the result of Koreans' own Interpretation on the European World Map, and the clear evident of Koreans' cultural capability.