Bird's-eye-views
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U.S. Navy Yard. At Mare Island, California
Early view of the U.S. Navy Yard at Mare Island, with Marin and Mount Tamalpais in the background.
Place/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1856$2,800 Add to cart -
Venetia.
Merian’s spectacular bird’s-eye-view of Venice.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / ca. 1640$3,500 Add to cart -
Costantinopoli città principale del gran turcho
Lafreri-school 1568 Zenoi reverse-image bird’s-eye-view of Istanbul.
Place/Date: Venice / 1568$1,700 Add to cart -
Venetia.
A stunning and highly detailed view of the lagoon city of Venice, compiled in the early 18th century and issued by Probst, Augsburg’s most famous publishing dynasty.
Place/Date: Augsburg / ca. 1760$4,800 Add to cart -
Peter’s San Francisco locator: The bird’s-eye-view of the Exposition city
Wonderful little guidebook and birds’s-eye-view for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition.
Cartographer(s): San Francisco Chamber of CommercePlace/Date: San Francisco / 1915$400 Add to cart -
[First State] Panorama of the Seat of the War Birds Eye View of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia
Bachmann’s dramatic 1861 panoramic view of the central theater of the American Civil War.
Cartographer(s): John BachmannPlace/Date: New York / 1861$3,900 Add to cart -
Parys.
1638 Merian panorama of Paris — first plate with a self-portrait.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / 1638$1,500 Add to cart -
San Francisco
An exciting and highly detailed pictorial bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): Archar Inc.Place/Date: Ontoria, Canada / 1978$400 Add to cart -
Ellis Landing Richmond: Industrial Harbor and Business Properties. California’s Richest Investment Opportunity
Rare 1928 promotional brochure for Richmond, California, as it sought to become a major industrial hub and a residential center as well.
Cartographer(s): Ellis Landing and Dock Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1928$450 Add to cart -
Lago di Como
Francesco Citterio’s fantastic mid-19th century panorama of Lake Como.
Cartographer(s): Francesco CitterioPlace/Date: Milan / 1840$4,000 Add to cart -
San Francisco
Special 1974 pictorial map of San Francisco issued by the Mark Hopkins Hotel.
Cartographer(s): Hollmann Publishing CompanyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1974$950 Add to cart -
Bacon’s Bird’s-Eye View of the Holy Land
George Washington Bacon’s iconic bird’s-eye-view of the Holy Land.
Cartographer(s): George Washington BaconPlace/Date: London / 1890$2,600 Add to cart -
Site of Golden Gate-International Exposition: “A pageant of the Pacific”
A masterfully-composed 1939 color panorama of San Francisco and its newly built bridges.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1939$2,700 Add to cart -
Nova Pulcherrimæ Civitatis Florentiae Topographia Accuratiss Delineata
Gorgeous and richly-detailed Late Renaissance bird’s-eye-view of Florence, Italy.
Cartographer(s): Donato RascicottiPlace/Date: Venice / ca. 1598$6,500 Add to cart -
[Pair of views] Rade et Ville de Sincapour & Rade de Sincapour prise de la maison du Gouverneur
Two of the earliest obtainable views of Singapore.
Place/Date: Paris / 1846$7,000 Add to cart -
PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO. WHERE THE FAR EAST BEGINS [Japanese language version]
Rare Japanese language bird’s-eye-view in the style of Saul Steinberg showing the port of San Francisco as the gateway to Pacific commerce.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1984$875 Add to cart -
Bird’s Eye View of the Famous Santa Clara Valley Looking Southerly from San Francisco
A rare and dramatic bird’s-eye-view of Santa Clara Valley.
Cartographer(s): Britton & ReyPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1886$2,400 Add to cart -
Southern Marin
Fabulous pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Tiburon, Mill Valley, and Sausalito.
Cartographer(s): City DesignsPlace/Date: Pleasanton / ca. 1988$1,900 Add to cart -
Klassischer Boden oder Malerisches Relief des Vierwaldstättersees / Plan Pittoresque du Lac des IV Cantons 1853. Lith Frères Eglin à Lucerne.
Spectacular panoramic view of Lake Lucerne, with dynamic topographic relief and pictorial cities and towns.
Cartographer(s): Frères EglinPlace/Date: Lucerne / 1853$1,250 Add to cart -
Inside [San Francisco]
A bi-coastal artistic dialogue — San Francisco’s response to Steinberg’s View of the World from 9th Avenue.
Cartographer(s): Rare Maps by James McCaffryPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1978$750 Add to cart -
Mount Diablo, Historic Meridian Mountain, and Routes of Motorways to Summit
Excellent Worthington Gates bird’s-eye-view of the East Bay and Mt. Diablo.
Cartographer(s): Worthington GatesPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1916$975 Add to cart -
Sacramento in Californien: Des Auswanderers Hoffnung.
Gold Rush view of old town Sacramento around the time of California’s statehood.
Cartographer(s): J. HessePlace/Date: Germany / ca. 1850$2,100 Add to cart -
[Tunisi]
Fascinating 1566 Lafreri bird’s-eye-view of Tunis with the ruins of Carthage.
Cartographer(s): Paolo ForlaniPlace/Date: Venice / 1566$3,500 Add to cart -
Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake.
A rare, separately-published version of this striking panoramic bird’s-eye-view of the route of the Mormon pioneers.
Cartographer(s): Millroy & HayesPlace/Date: Salt Lake City / 1899$5,500 Add to cart -
Constantinopoli
Incredible c. 1570 Duchetti Lafreri-school view of Constantinople.
Cartographer(s): Claudio DuchettiPlace/Date: Rome / ca. 1570$5,400 Add to cart -
Venetia
Gorgeous original color bird’s-eye-view of Venice: among the finest examples we have seen.
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Cologne / 1577$4,000 Add to cart -
Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis
Gorgeous original color 1582 bird’s-eye-view of Istanbul.
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Cologne / 1582$3,600 Add to cart
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Venetia
A superb bird’s-eye-view of Venice, finely-engraved and exceptionally adorned.
Cartographer(s): Giovanni Antonio de PaoliPlace/Date: Rome / ca. 1600Read more -
A bird’s-eye panoramic map of San Francisco
An intricate 1976 axonometric view of San Francisco — the first example we have ever seen for sale.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
All About San Francisco Illustrated. Know and Visit Unique Places located on keyed map of principal streets [with a] new map of Golden Gate Park
An unusual variant of James Ladd Delkin’s pictorial bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): James Ladd DelkinPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1939Read more -
Authorized Birds Eye View of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Seattle, U.S.A. 1909.
A dramatic bird’s-eye-view of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
Cartographer(s): Schmidt Label & Litho. Co.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1909Read more -
Il Nilo dal Mediterraneo al Sudan
A fantastic bird’s-eye-view of the Nile River, with the Suez Canal, railroads, and pyramids.
Cartographer(s): Antonio Vallardi EditorePlace/Date: Milan / ca. 1875Read more -
Wine Country Map
A late 1970s pictorial bird’s-eye-view of the northern California wine region.
Cartographer(s): Ron Morales & John BornPlace/Date: Santa Rosa, CA / 1979Read more -
Damascus, urbs noblissima ad Libanum montem, Totius Sÿriae Metropolis
An excellent example of Braun and Hogenberg’s 1575 bird’s-eye-view of Damascus in original black and white.
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Cologne / ca. 1575Read more -
Panormo
A superb late 17th century Merian town-plan of Palermo.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / ca. 1688Read more -
MIAMI MIAMI BEACH
A large and impressive 1976 aerial view of Miami.
Place/Date: Miami / 1976Read more -
San Francisco Bay Cities Map
Understanding the natural landscape of northern California: an unusual 1967 San Francisco Bay Area panoramic view.
Cartographer(s): B/C Associates, Inc.Place/Date: San Francisco / 1967Read more -
Bart Opens Embarcadero. First port o’call in San Francisco
Celebrating public transit — a pictorial view of downtown San Francisco announcing the 1976 opening of the Embarcadero BART station.
Cartographer(s): Heather KingPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1976Read more -
Prather’s Aerial View of the Rocky Mountain National-Estes-Park
Ralph Carlyle Prather’s sweeping 1922 panoramic view of the Rocky Mountains.
Cartographer(s): Ralph Carlyle PratherPlace/Date: Denver, CO / 1922Read more -
The Original Silicon Valley Map & Calendar [1994]
On the eve of the dot-com bubble: a vibrant 1994 pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Silicon Valley.
Cartographer(s): Diane GattoPlace/Date: San Jose / 1993Read more -
City of San Francisco from Rincon Point Tinted lithographed by C. Parsons N.Y., Deld by F.N. Otis M.D. Surgeon In USM Steamship COS Service, Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by F.N. Otis in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York
Before Salesforce Tower: one of the finest and rarest early views of San Francisco.
Place/Date: New York / 1855Read more -
Roma
Old color 1572 bird’s-eye-view of Rome by Braun and Hogenberg.
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Cologne / ca. 1572Read more -
Silicon Valley [:] Apple Computer, Inc.
A 1990 pictorial map of Silicon Valley published by Apple Computer and giving a whimsical snapshot of the era’s enthusiasm.
Cartographer(s): Apple Computer, Inc.Place/Date: Cupertino / 1990Read more -
Hyde Park Illinois
The University and its environs: a bird’s-eye-view pictorial map of Hyde Park Chicago.
Place/Date: Chicago / 1987Read more -
Silicon Valley
Pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Silicon Valley on the eve of the Internet age.
Cartographer(s): City Graphics of America, Inc.Place/Date: Fremont, CA / 1985Read more -
[Spain & Portugal]
Exceptional bird’s-eye-view of the Iberian Peninsula.
Cartographer(s): A. TrubPlace/Date: Aarau / ca. 1925Read more -
Berkeley California
Rich pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Berkeley, including the University of California.
Cartographer(s): City DesignsPlace/Date: Pleasanton / ca. 1985Read more -
Walnut Creek California
1985 pictorial bird’s-eye-view of Walnut Creek.
Cartographer(s): Joseph C. PipiaPlace/Date: Not listed / 1985Read more -
China. As seen from the direction of Guam.
Richard Edes Harrison bird’s-eye-view of China detailing its dramatic wartime inland shift.
Cartographer(s): Richard Edes HarrisonPlace/Date: New York / 1941Read more -
San Francisco California
A crisp and uncommon pictorial view of San Francisco, conveying an ideal of the city.
Cartographer(s): Steven ScottPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1987Read more -
PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO. WHERE THE FAR EAST BEGINS
Uncommon promotional bird’s-eye-view in the style of Saul Steinberg showing the port of San Francisco as the gateway to Pacific commerce.
Place/Date: San Francisco / 1984Read more -
A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and the San Francisco Peninsula
1950s pictographic map and promotional pamphlet for Palo Alto, CA, the “University City.”
Cartographer(s): Palo Alto Chamber of CommercePlace/Date: Palo Alto / ca. 1950Read more -
All About San Francisco Illustrated. Know and Visit Unique Places located on keyed map of principal streets [with a] new map of Golden Gate Park
An unusual variant of James Ladd Delkin’s pictorial bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco.
Cartographer(s): James Ladd DelkinPlace/Date: San Francisco / ca. 1939Read more -
Stanford University
1963 bird’s-eye-view of Stanford University
Cartographer(s): Ralph C. ArnholdPlace/Date: Palo Alto / 1963Read more -
Tripoli citta di Barbaria
Rare Lafreri bird’s-eye-view of Tripoli depicting the expedition of King Philip II that never made it
Cartographer(s): Antonio LafreriPlace/Date: Rome / ca. 1559Read more -
View of Great Salt Lake City
Important early view of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Place/Date: Walla Walla (Washington Territory) / 1867Read more -
Ansight von San Francisco 1877.
1877 bird’s-eye-view of San Francisco with advertisements for German businesses.
Cartographer(s): Philo Jacoby's "California State Almanac"Place/Date: San Francisco / 1877Read more -
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Haec est nobilis florens illa Neapolis, Campaniae civitas…
Lovely hand-colored Renaissance view of Naples
Cartographer(s): Georg Braun & Franz HogenbergPlace/Date: Colonge / 1580Read more -
Map of San Francisco, Points of Interest, A Birdseye View of the City by the Golden Gate
Rare 1952 pictorial map of San Francisco
Cartographer(s): Don BloodgoodPlace/Date: San Francisco / 1952Read more -
Bird’s-eye-view of the Panama Canal
Bird’s-eye-view and map of the Panama Canal issued the first year after its opening
Cartographer(s): I.L. Maduro Jr.Place/Date: Panama / 1915Read more -
Florence. Florence Ville d’Italie, capitale de Toscane…
Scarce and lovely mid-18th century bird’s-eye-view of Florence.
Cartographer(s): Jacques ChereauPlace/Date: Paris / ca. 1750Read more -
Delineatio Syracusarum Antiquarium Quadriurbium
Rare 1725 bird’s-eye-view of ancient Syracuse, Sicily
Cartographer(s): Pieter van der AaPlace/Date: Amsterdam / ca. 1725Read more -
Venetia
A spectacular 1641 Merian bird’s-eye-view of Venice.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / ca. 1640Read more -
Neapolis
Finely-engraved 1640 bird’s-eye-view of Naples.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / ca. 1640Read more -
Salt Lake City, 1887
1887 bird’s-eye-view lithograph of Salt Lake City.
Place/Date: Salt Lake City / 1887Read more -
Bologna celebre madre de’ studi
Exceptional c. 1673 bird’s-eye-view of Bologna.
Cartographer(s): Giuseppe LonghiPlace/Date: Bologna / ca. 1673Read more -
Olisippo Lisabona
Nice 1635 bird’s-eye-view of Lisbon.
Cartographer(s): Matthäus MerianPlace/Date: Frankfurt / 1635Read more -
Fraser’s Panoramic Plan of London
19th century London with vignettes of important buildings.
Cartographer(s): James FraserPlace/Date: London / ca. 1837Read more
