aerial views, maps

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

Leaves from Liber chronicarum, with views of de Sarmatia regione Europ...

Casmirus | Lubeca | Cracovia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Leaves from Liber chronicarum, with views of de Sarmatia regione Europ...

Casmirus | Lubeca | Cracovia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Leaves from Liber chronicarum, with views of de Sarmatia regione Europ...

Casmirus | Lubeca | Cracovia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Magnifica illa civitas Verona ; Colonia augusta Verona nova gallienian...

Romeo sorrowfully laments in act three, scene three of Romeo and Juliet, "There is no world without Verona walls." Faced with banishment from Juliet, Romeo pleads with Friar Laurence to grant him any other fate... More

Bloys - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Eygentlicher abris und gelegenheit der vornemen hauptstadt des Königr...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain image of 16th-17th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright... More

Wahre Bildtnüé der vesten Statt Montavban und wie dieselbe von Köni...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Dordracvm ; Briela. Historic map, Library of Congress

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

Nowel Amsterdam en Lamerique : 1672 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal...

One of the earliest European attempts to publish a view of a North American city from a birds eye perspective is this image titled New Amsterdam. Issued in 1672 by French publisher Gerard Jollain, it was delibe... More

A mapp of New Jersey in America - Public domain old map

Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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 Moreae Regnum : distincté divisum in omnes suas pr...

Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Delineatio schenographica reg. metropolis Danor: et munitae urbis Hafn...

Bird's-eye view of the siege of Copenhagen by Swedish forces in 1659. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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

Repraesentatio praelij d. 30 Ianua an. 1658 ad Ifwersnaas commissi inq...

Shows the skirmish between Swedish and Danish forces during Sweden's march across the ice of the Little Belt to Funen. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Neoburgum Fioniæ oppidum, una cum delineatione terrarum vicinarum vsqu...

Neoburgum Fioniæ oppidum, una cum delineatione terrarum vicinarum usque ad Fretum Balticum et Promontorium Canuti | Neoburgum Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Typus Haffniae regni Daniae metropolis et sedis regiae ut et obsidii q...

Shows the siege of Copenhagen in 1658 by Swedish forces. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Repræsentatio scenographica Arcis Cronenburg auspiciis S.R. M. Sueciæ....

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is set in a fictional fortress named Elsinore, believed to be based on Kronborg Castle, in the city of Helsingør on the northeast coast of Denmark. Originally built in t... More

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

A view of the castle of Belem and the city of Lisbon as it appears fro...

Map of the mouth of the famous river Tagus, or the harbour of the city of Lisbon Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Nuoua pianta eleuata della nobile e cospicua citta di Venezia

Nuova pianta elevata della nobile e cospicua citta di Venezia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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."

[Ming shi san ling tu]. - Public domain dedication image

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

[Rehe xing gong quan tu]. - Public domain vintage map

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

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan de Paris : commencé l'année 1734 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

Turgot map of Paris Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain image of a banknote, paper money, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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. Historic map, Library of Congress

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

Vue de Quebec, capitale du Canada - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal C...

Public domain image of a historic vintage city view, cityscape, plan, 17th-18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A map of the mouth of the River Tagus or the Harbour of the city of Li...

A view of the city of Lisbon (the capital of the Kingdom of Portugal) before the late dreadful earthquake Nov. 1, 1755 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Georges Louis le Rouge - Sault du Niagara de 135 pieds de haut

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Ming shi san ling tu]. - Public domain vintage map

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

A perspective view of Lake George : Plan of Ticonderoga

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

London &c. actually surveyed, - Public domain architectural plan drawi...

Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of the taking of Quebeck by the English forces commanded by Gen...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright... More

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

A prospective view of the battle fought near Lake George, on the 8th o...

British colonial troops wanted to capture Fort St. Frédéric (Crown Point), a French fortress on Lake Champlain, to gain control of the Lake Champlain corridor. Instead, they claimed victory at Lake George in Se... More

North view of Pensacola, on the island of Santa Rosa ; Plan of the har...

North view of Pensacola, on the island of Santa Rosa / drawn by Dom. Serres Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[St. Eustatius, Leeward Islands]. - Public domain map

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

Georg Balthasar Probst - London - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...

Bird's-eye view of London in the 1740s or 1750s. Shows London Bridge and the Thames River with nautical craft in the foreground. Title on a ribbon flanked by the arms of the king and of the city. | We Are One: ... More

The Cape Verd Islands, laid down from the remarks and observations of ...

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Plan d'Amboy : vues de la rade de Charles-Town et de Fort Sulivan, ma...

Fort-Sulivan | Charles-town Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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...

Public domain document scan of map of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Cape Verd Islands, laid down from the remarks and observations of ...

Public domain scan of a plan, map, diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

't Eÿland Curacao, anno 1800 : [illegible].

Panorama of harbor showing siege of Curaçao by English sailors and soldiers in 1800. Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermarks: J. Honig & Zoonen; and, shield. Available also through the ... More

Brugae Flandorum urbs et emporium mercatu celebre an a Chr. nat.

Bird's-eye view. Facsimile of map published 1562. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Millers Falls, Mass. Historic map, Library of Congress

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

Vue du Port-au-Prince et ses environs

This landscape view provides an elevated perspective of the harbor of Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. The view is from south to north, with the bulk of the developed town on the northern side of the ... 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

Defeat of the British army 12,000 strong under the command of Sir Edwa...

Défaite de l'armée Anglaise forte de 12,000 hommes commandée par Sir Edward Packenham a l'attaque du 8 Janvier 1815 de la ligne de retranchement de l'armée Americaine defendue par 3,600 milicienes sous les ... More

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

Panoramic view from Strawberry Hill, one of the St. Andrews Mountains,...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

View of Lowell, Mass : taken from the house of Elisha Fuller Esq. in D...

America Transformed: Lowell, Massachusetts, the first planned company mill town, is recognized as the cradle of America’s Industrial Revolution. In the 1820s, Boston financiers founded the town when they constr... More

A new & complete map of the city of Boston, with part of Charlestown, ...

New and complete map of the city of Boston, with part of Charlestown, Cambridge & Roxbury | Dearborn's map of Boston Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Ferry Hill, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryla...

Aerial view of plantation farm (now a museum) as it was in 1839 adjacent to the C&O Canal near Sharpsburg (Md.). "*GPO:2011--540-228." Title from panel. Includes text, quotations, and illustrations (some in col... More

Seagull Harbour, Gretton Bay, Wollaston Island, Tierra del Fuego nauti...

Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Gulf of Pechelee, China, Great Wall and town of Shaw-hai-wei in lat. 4...

Panoramic view of the coast of the Bohai Sea in 2 sections, showing the Great Wall to the town of Suizhong. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

East view of the village of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 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

Panoramic view from Bunker Hill Monument - Vintage map, Norman B. Leve...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Perspective view of Bunker Hill Monument - Vintage map, Norman B. Leve...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map and view of St. Louis, Mo. - Public domain old map

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

Plan et profil au naturel de la ville d'Orleans

France and England had a fractured relationship during the Renaissance, as the two sides battled regularly against one another for control of French lands. The town of Orléans, depicted in this view originally ... More

Panorama orografico e pittoresco della città e contorni di Milano pre...

360° panoramic view, radiating from a diagram of Milan Cathedral, showing surrounding buildings, towns and geographic features. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Oregon City. Historic map, Library of Congress

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

Vincenzo Coronelli - Citta di Venezia - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventh...

Offering an unusual perspective, Vincenzo Coronelli presents a bird’s-eye view of Venice giftwrapped in a trompe l’oeil ribbon, blurring the lines between map and reality. Intertwined with vines and including a... More

University and city of Oxford - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Colle...

The key to the bird's-eye view of the University and city of Oxford Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Plan of the estate of Stephen R. and Charles F. Benton, Richmond Towns...

Manuscript map of a farm off of present day Swamp Road, near the intersection with Gordon's Way, in Richmond Township, Mass. Shows structures, gardens, pastures, woods etc. Includes a birds-eye view of the esta... More

Bird's eye view of Boston - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collectio...

John Bachmann, a German immigrant, was one of the earliest and finest producers of urban bird’s eye views. During his career, he published two views of Boston – one in 1850 and the other in 1877. In this early ... More

Prichard & Roberts' new Chester guide - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventh...

New Chester guide | Prichard and Roberts' stranger's guide to Chester | Stranger's guide to Chester Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Bird's eye view of Boston - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collectio...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

View of York, Pennsylvania panoramic view

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

[Qing jun wei gong Jinling tu]., Qingdao China

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