Skelton, R.A. (Raleigh Ashlin), 1906-1970
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Skelton was born in 1906 in Plymouth, England; MA, D. Lit., Cambridge Univ.; Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and member of the Royal Commonwealth Society; contributor to British Museum quarterly, Geographical journal, and Mariner's mirror; published books include Decorative printed maps of the 15th to 18th centuries (c1952), Explorers' maps : chapters in the cartographic record of geographical discovery (1958), and The European image and mapping of America, A.D. 1000-1600 (1964); he died in 1970.
From the description of Papers, 1961-1966. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40496767
Biography
Skelton was born in 1906 in Plymouth, England; MA, D. Lit., Cambridge University; Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and member of the Royal Commonwealth Society; contributor to British Museum quarterly, Geographical journal, and Mariner's mirror ; published books include Decorative printed maps of the 15th to 18th centuries (c. 1952), Explorers' maps: chapters in the cartographic record of geographical discovery (1958), and The European image and mapping of America, A.D. 1000-1600 (1964); he died in 1970.
From the guide to the R.A. Skelton Papers, 1961-1966, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)
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Subjects:
- Cartography
- Geographers
- Historians
- Map collections
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- Geographers
- Historians
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- Massachusetts--Cambridge (as recorded)
- England (as recorded)