bird's-eye view vs vista

bird's-eye view

noun
  • The view from directly or high above. 

  • A general overview or summary of a topic. 

vista

noun
  • A site offering such a view. 

  • A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination. 

  • A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage. 

verb
  • To make a vista or landscape of. 

How often have the words bird's-eye view and vista occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )