aerial views

Asiento present hordenat a payon les responsions dels pezos e mezures ...

Diagrammatic map of weights and measures in use in 27 Mediterranean and European seaports. Oriented with north to the right. Each port city is represented by a vignette of a prominent local tower and the vignet... more

[Overhead view showing path of obelisk during move from the Circus Ner...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... more

Dordracvm ; Briela.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Bird's-eye-view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. From Pierre d'Avity's Newe archontolog... more

Nowel Amsterdam en Lameriqve : 1672 /

Bird's-eye view of Lisbon, Portugal (not New Amsterdam) showing individual buildings and place-names in French. Map based on: Braun, George, 1540 or 41-1622. Civitates orbis terrarum, [1612-1618] Vol. 5, Olissi... more

Provincia d[e] S. Diego de Mexico en la nueba España tiene 14 co[n]ven...

Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. In upper border: Nova delineatio s[t]rictissimæ, S. Didaci Provinciæ in Nova Hispania. Accompanied by paper pulls of recto and verso of the cooperplate. ([2] leaves : ... more

Peloponnesus hodie Moreæ Regnum : distincté divisum in omnes suas prov...

Relief shown pictorially. Originally printed on 3 sheets. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, annotated in ink on verso: 22. Includes ill. of lion with enslaved human figures shown in embellished title cartouche. V... more

Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ : nec non partis Virginiæ tabula multis in ...

Vista del puerto de Acapulco zituado en la latidud de 1 [blank] y en l...

LC Luso-Hispanic World, 37 Watermarks: C. Honig; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Brown ink. Mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text. In up... more

Accurater Grundris und Prospect der weltberuhmten Hollandischen Haupt ...

Selected buildings and ships shown pictorially. Index in Dutch. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Includes index to points of interest, index of ramparts, inset panoramic "Prospect der vortresslichen ... more

Coupe et profil de la redoute de Rosalie au Natchez prise sur la ligne...

Relief shown pictorially. Two sheets mounted together. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "Plan de la cave."

[Rehe xing gong quan tu].

Title supplied. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye-view. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 9. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy extremely f... more

[Ming shi san ling tu].

Not drawn to scale. Title supplied. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Brush-and-ink and watercolor. Shows panoramic view of the 13 tombs of the Ming emperors. ... more

A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent : with a perspective view of ...

Rural buildings shown pictorially with occupants' names. First state of the 1st ed. (without the name "West Jersey" at lower right). Signed in ink on cloth backing: Alex. Stuart. Available also through the Libr... more

Stadt St. Domingo.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "No. 7." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1

Sault du Niagara, de 135 pieds de haut.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 651/1

Vue de Quebec, capitale du Canada.

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1073.3 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "Renvois" indicating 10 important buildings as seen from the east. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 651/1

[Ming shi san ling tu].

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Title supplied. Manuscript on silk. Brush-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye view. Shows the sites of th... more

London &c. actually surveyed,

Plan of the city of New York ; An exact prospect of Charlestown : the ...

New York City map shows streets, wharves, ferries, principal buildings, and built-up area. Charleston view is panorama of waterfront and quays with principal buildings lettered for identification (no index pres... more

Verschiedene propspecte der vornemsten stadten in Persien /

Aerial views for 14 cities in Persia and Central Asia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[St. Eustatius, Leeward Islands].

Shows aerial view of the port of Sint Eustatius in the northern Leeward Islands of the West Indies including buildings, ships, and fortifications. Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye-view. Pen-and-ink and penc... more

Le Missisipi ou la Louisiane dans l'Amérique septentrionale

Hand colored. Panorama. Pictorial map. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 651/2

L'escadre françoise entrant dans Newport sous le feu des batteries et ...

Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the left. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gilt. Includes index to defenses and points of interest. Note at bottom: Nta. les anglois brulereus ou coulereus a Rode Is... more

[Plan d'Amboy. Vues de la rade de Charles-Town et de Fort Sulivan, mai...

Scale ca. 1:25,600. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' List of maps of America. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. The view of Charleston Harbor concerns the assault on Fort Sulivan during the siege of Charl... more

Reddition de l'Armée angloises commandée par Mylord Comte de Cornwalli...

Millers Falls, Mass.

Bird's-eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest. LC copy imperfect: Brittle, darkened, stained, and missing small sections along ... more

[Plan of the town and harbor of Tripoli] /

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by fathoms. Sketch map showing the positions of the labeled vessels of the United States squadron. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on 3 sheets pasted together, sectioned in 3 a... more

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland

Bird's-eye view of Fort McHenry as during the bombardment of 1814. "*GPO: 1994--301-085/80111. Reprint 1990." Some issues have: *GPO: 1994--301-085/00085. Reprint 1990. Alternate title at lower left: The defens... more

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland

Bird's-eye view of Fort McHenry as during the bombardment of 1814. "*GPO: 1992--312-248/60010. Reprint 1990." Alternate title at lower left: The defense of Fort McHenry. Oriented with north to the left. Include... more

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland

Bird's-eye view of Fort McHenry as during the bombardment of 1814. "*GPO: 1998--432-903/60237. Reprint 1998." Oriented with north to the left. Includes text, location map [inset], fort plan with index of instal... more

First view of the Battle of Patapsco Neck : dedicated to those who los...

Market Street, Lynn, Mass., as it appeared in 1820.

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 306 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 651/1

Plan & view of the city of Mobile

"Copyright secured by according to law." Includes city view and insets of 9 buildings. LC copy mounted on cloth. Annotated on verso: Goodwin and Haire Plan of Mobile, 1825. In pencil in lower left corner on ver... more

Kyōto no zu

Print shows a woman sitting on a cloud overlooking Kyōto, the final station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... more

New Salem, home of Abraham Lincoln 1831 to 1837.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Adopted as authentic by Old Salem Chautauqua Association, 1909." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 176 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... more

East view of the village of North Bridgewater, Mass. 1844.

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 315 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "From a lithograph in possession of Mr. R. C. Kimball." Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 651/1; 710/2

Wutai shan sheng jing quan tu /

Scale not given. Wood block print on linen, hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Title also in Manchu, Chinese, Tibetan, and Mongolian. Bird's-eye-view. Shows panoramic view of Wutai Shan with the famous Bud... more

Hong Kong &c. as seen from the anchorage

Shows points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Previous call number: G7823.H45A35 1846 .H4 AACR2: 651/1; 710/1

Map and view of St. Louis, Mo.

Includes illus. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 438 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 651/2

Oregon City.

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.) 718 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Panorama dal campanile di S. Marco verso S. Maria della Salute

Photograph shows aerial view of the mouth of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, with the Church of Santa Maria della Salute and the Church of the Redentore.

View of York, Pa.

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 876.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. illus. AACR2: 651/1; 710/1

City of St. Paul, capital of Minnesota /

Panorama. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853, by Thompson Ritchie, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 406.1 Available... more

[Qing jun wei gong Jinling tu].

Title supplied. Manuscript on silk. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye-view. Shows the locations of all the provincial attacking forces. Previous supplied title: Qin... more

Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania : from surveys /

General-content county map also showing rural buildings and householders' names; the borough insets also show real property (lot lines, some with numbers) and landowners' names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand c... more

View of the city of Whitewater, Wis. Walworth-County 1855.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1067 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

View of Harrisburg, Penn.

Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 788 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. illus. AACR2: 651/1; 710/1

Birds eye view of the pass of the interoceanic river aqueduct and vall...

Shows region in Humboldt Bay between Ponto Araita and Ponto Marzo. Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: Plate 5. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 246 Available also through the Library ... more

Island of Philœ

Island of Philae with remains of ancient temple and pylons. Title from item. No. 1815. On verso: Philae.

View from the hills. Assouan

Shallows and rocky outcroppings on the Nile River. Title from item. No. 1830. On verso: Assouan.

Assouan

Aerial view of Aswan area on the Nile River, seen through trees. Title from item. No. 1833. On verso: Assouan.

View of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville & Monticello, take...

"Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1856, by Casimir Bohn, in the Clerks Office of the District Court, of the District of Columbia." Gift; Alan M. Voorhees; LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 953.2 ... more

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia.

Chicago.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 146 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. LC copy imperfect... more

Isometrical view of the Presidents House, the surrounding public build...

Bird's-eye view of White House vicinity and Lafayette Park. Shows all buildings, individual trees, fences, sidewalks, etc. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Accompanied by letter from the White House,... more

Planta da cidade do Rio de Janeiro /

Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Includes indexed table: Estatistica de Cidade. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Imperfect: Fragile, torn vertically in 3 sect... more

Liverpool, 1859, part of Birkenhead, the docks, and Cheshire coast

Low-angle bird's-eye view. "Published February 28, 1859, by John R. Isaac ... New York, published by M. Knoedler ... February 28th 1859 ..." LC copy annotated in ink in lower margin: Deposited in Clerk's Office... more

View from Agriculture Dep't, Washington, D. C

On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Baltimore, Md.; Ottawa, Kas. Title from item.

Baalbek. General view

Title from item. No. 400.

Burgos. Vista general de Burgos desde el Castillo

View of Burgos from the castle. In album: Spain, p.2. No. 98.

View of Sorrento from Capodimonte

Stamped on mount: Sommer & Behles, Photographes, Naples. In album: Browning Collection of Portraits, etc., p. 45 (bottom left). Color laser copy reference surrogate for LOT 6633 is available for use in the Prin... more

Aerial view of Fort Sumter off Charleston, South Carolina

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The first shots of the American Civil War were fired at this sea fort on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on the Union... more

Newport, R.I. : view from Fort Wolcott, Goat Island /

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; David Doret; August 2000. Copy imperfect: Darkened, stained, mounted on cardboard backing. PM3 Acquisitions control no.: 2000-79

Lucerne

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 38, upper right.

Stuttgard. Palace--statue Schiller

View of the old palace showing plaza with trees and statue of Friedrich Schiller. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 191. No. 362.

View of Victoria, Vancouver Island.

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1075 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Shows points of interest. AACR2: 651/1; 700/1; 710/2

The gold mining town of Rock Creek, British Columbia, 1860

Photograph shows a cluster of log buildings, one identified as a restaurant, of the gold mining town, Rock Creek, British Columbia, as seen from a hillside above the town, with the creek in the background. Titl... more

Tour de Triumph, a la Haquie

Photograph shows a Roman arch at Latakia (Lattaquia), Syria, surrounded by trees. Title from item. No. 17. Written in pencil on mount: "Photo by Dumas, 188- ".

View of the Bosphorus

Aerial view of a waterfront section of Istanbul. Title from item.

Camp Dennison : taken from Old Aunt Roady's Hill /

Bird's-eye view. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.) 318.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 19-87

Bird's eye view of Camp Chase near Columbus, Ohio.

Alger

Boats of various sizes in a busy harbor, Algiers, Algeria. Title from item. 73.

Boulevard des Italiens

Stereograph shows aerial view of Boulevard des Italiens, Paris. On mount: Paris. Vue instantanée. Title from item.

Baalbek Panorama

Aerial view of temple ruins of Baʻlabakk. Title from item. On mount: Thomas Wilson, Washington, D.C. Written in pencil on mount: "Photo by Dumas, 188- ". Note on verso: Temple of Douris, Baalbek.

El Escorial. Vista del monasterio desde la presa

In album: Spain, opposite p. 6. No. 49.

Grand bazar au Kasr el Nil, Cairo / Zangaki.

Aerial view of people and animals gathered in open air market. Title from item. Photograph by Adelphi and Constantine Zangaki. No. 390.

Plan of Foundry site : [Washington D.C.] /

Shows foundry buildings and "Depot for guns." Also covers part of Potomac River waterfront and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Relief shown by hachures. From the Taggart Estate papers. Accompanied by ill.: Plan & el... more

View of the Bosphorus

Photograph shows harbor, boats, and buildings on shore. Title from item. Identified on mount verso as Bosporus, but probably is another location.

[Chicago.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 147 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Granada. Vista general de la Alhambra desde la torre del Homenaje / J....

View toward the palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada, Spain. In album: Spain, opposite p. 28. No. 1105.

Veu perse de la cour du Serasker

Aerial view of a waterfront section of Istanbul. Title from item.

City Hall, N. Y

On mount: American Views. Standard Series. Title from item.

Le Pont-Neuf, vu du quai des Grands Augustins / Photographie H.J. à Pa...

Stereograph shows aerial view of Pont-Neuf, Paris.

The Bosphorus

Photograph shows harbor, boats, and buildings on shore. Title from item. Identified on mount verso as the Bosporus, but probably is another location.

[Nan yue quan tu]

Title supplied. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Panorama. Shows area along Xiang River from Changsha to Hengzhou (now Hengyang) in central Hunan. Also shows Heng Mountain, one of the... more

Camp of the 196th Regt. O.V.I. Col. R. P. Kennedy comdg. Stevensons St...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 660 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100

Jerusalem / Frank M. Good, Phot. ; London.

City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Title from item.

[Bird's-eye view of the residential compound of a nobleman in Beijing;...

Title devised by Library staff. Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 151. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina

Title from panel. Bird's-eye view of Fort Sumter in 1861. "*GPO: 1993--342-398/80083. Includes descriptive index, text, ill., and map of Fort Sumter walking tour. Text, col. ill., and map of Charleston Harbor s... more

View of Chattanooga, Tenn.

Title from item. Brady-Handy Collection.

Interesting bird's eye view of the seat of war. Showing parts of the s...

Scale not given. Title in braille LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 18.3 "The above bird's-eye view of the seat of war, shows the relative position of the important points embraced in all the great military operatio... more

Bird's-eye view of Sickel Hospital, Alexandria, Va.

Title from item.

Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, and Hygeia Hotel, Va

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by E. Sachse & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Maryland." Low angle view. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 547.1 Available also through the Li... more

View down the Potomac from Union Arch

Photograph showing an aerial view of a wharf facility with large stone bricks scattered around. No. 131. Title from item. Title from published source: Entrance to Washington Water Works, Great Falls, Potomac Ri... more

Panorama of the seat of war; birds eye view of North and South Carolin...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 304.6 Includes distance chart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 651/2; 651/3; 651/4

Panorama of the seat of war : bird's eye view of Virginia, Maryland, D...

Battle sites are noted by crossed swords. Another issue. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. CW3

Birds eye view of Florida and part of Georgia and Alabama

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.2 At top of map: Panorama of the seat of war. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by John Bachmann." Tables of distances from Key West and Ta... more

Central (i.e. Circular) Church, Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows aerial view of the ruins of Circular Church and Secession Hall. No. 4419. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

District of Columbia and the seat of war on the Potomac.

Low-angle bird's-eye view. Shows cities of Washington and Alexandria in foreground. Includes index of military positions with regiment names. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 678 Stephenson. Cartography of northern... more

View of Charleston, South Carolina

Photograph shows aerial view of Charleston including some ruined buildings. No. 4444. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.