The Shanhai Yudi Quantu (, "Complete Terrestrial Map") is a Ming dynasty Chinese map published in 1609 in the leishu encyclopedia Sancai Tuhui.
The Shanhai Yudi Quantu is known to have been highly influenced by the Jesuit missions in China, starting with the work of Matteo Ricci. Matteo Ricci himself had two of his own maps entitled Shanhai Yudi Quantu: one engraved by Wu Zhongming (, Wú Zhà ÂngmÃÂng) and dated 1600 and another engraved by Guo Zizhang (, Gà «o ZÃÂzhÃÂng) and dated 1604.
The Asian continent is marked phonetically äºÂ細亠(<small>Modern Pinyin</small> Yàxìyà, <small>Middle Chinese</small> Aseja). This is the area of the map where most information can be found, and has been subdivided here by regions:
Numerous areas and islands are named in this part of the world:
The seas beside East Asia are the South China Sea (, <small>lit.</small> "Great Ming Sea") and the "Lesser Eastern Ocean" (, XiÃÂo Dà Âng Yáng). To the north is the "Ice Sea" (, Bëng HÃÂi).
Two seas are shown: the Bay of Bengal (, PánggélàHÃÂi) and "Lesser Western Ocean" (, XiÃÂo Xë Yáng).
Java is shown in two pieces Major (, DÃÂ ZhÃÂowÃÂ) and Minor (, XiÃÂo ZhÃÂowÃÂ) far into the "Southwest" () and "Southern" () Seas near the Antarctic.
Europe is marked phonetically as (<small>Modern Pinyin</small> à ÂuluóbÃÂ, <small>Middle Chinese</small> Oulapa).
Europe is surrounded by the "Greater Western Ocean" (, DàXë Yáng, a body of water formerly located east of Rome and conflated with the Indian Ocean but now appropriately placed in the Atlantic), the Mediterranean (, Dìzhà Âng HÃÂi), and the Black Sea (, Tài HÃÂi, <small>lit.</small> "Great Sea").
North America is marked as "" (<small>Modern Pinyin</small> BÃÂi YàmèilìjiÃÂ, <small>Middle Chinese</small> Pok Amoklika). The only location is marked phonetically and is unknown:
Another two unknown locations are on an island to America's northeast, possibly the inhabited southwest coast of Greenland:
The Gulf of California is marked as the "Eastern Red Sea" (, Dà Âng Hóng HÃÂi) and the "Ice Sea" continues across the north.
South America is marked as "" (<small>Modern Pinyin</small> Nán YàmèilìjiÃÂ, <small>Middle Chinese</small> Nom Amoklika).
Surrounding it are the Atlantic Ocean (marked as "Oceano" , Hézhéyànuò CÃÂng) to the northeast, the "Sea of Peru" (, Bólù HÃÂi) to the west, and the "Greater Eastern Ocean" (, DàDà Âng Yáng).
Following classical geography, the continent of Africa is marked phonetically as "Libya" (, Lìwèiyà).
Africa is surrounded by several seas. From the north, clockwise: the Mediterranean; the "Lesser Western Ocean" (, XiÃÂo Xë Yáng) in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea; the Red Sea, called the "Western Red Sea" (, Xë Hóng HÃÂi) to distinguish it from the Gulf of California); the western Indian Ocean, called the "Arabian Sea" (, <small>Modern Pinyin</small> YàlàpàHÃÂi, <small>Middle Chinese</small> Alapbie Hoy); the Gulf of Guinea, called the "Libyan Sea" (, LìwèiyàHÃÂi); and the Atlantic Ocean (again marked as "Oceano" , Hézhéyànuò CÃÂng).
The still-uncertain Terra Australis today Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand, and other islands is marked phonetically as (<small>Modern Pinyin</small> MèiwÃÂlànÃÂjiÃÂ, <small>Middle Chinese</small> Mokngwalapneka). This transliterates the name "Magallanica", a name given to the prospective continent at the time in honor of Ferdinand Magellan, who had crossed past Tierra del Fuego and shown the southern continent (hypothesized since Ptolemy) to be separate from South America.
The map notes how little is known about this continent "Few have reached these southern regions. Things are not explored yet" () but also includes more placenames in it than in Africa, America, or Europe:
A large number of maps were derived from the Shanhai Yudi Quantu, many of them are found today in Japanese and Korean archives, but their history is generally difficult to reconstruct.