Nicolas de Nicolay

Nicolas de Nicolay (1517 - 1583)

Born with the Low register in Oisans, in the Dauphine in 1517, it left France in 1542 to take part, as a man of war, with the seat of Perpignan then to the hands of Charles Quint.

He travelled in all Western Europe (Germany, Denmark, England, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Greece and even Turkey). He was useful besides in the armies of almost all the countries which he visited.

On its return in France, Henri II, which succeeded his/her father François Ier, appoints it his ordinary geographer and manservant.

In 1551, Henri II orders to him to follow Gabriel d' Aramon, sent in embassy near the Large Turk, Soliman the Magnificent the. During this voyage, it has the semi-official role to make land surveys of the various sites which it will visit (of which Constantinople).

In 1583, it dies in Soissons where he was artillery police chief, after a stay with the royal castle of Moulin.

He is the author of several works:

  • general Description of the Countries and Duchy of Berry (1567).

  • the first Four books of navigations (1568), Italian Translation ( Navigationi and Viaggi Nella Tvrchia ) by Flowered Francesco in 1577, English translation ( The Nauigations into Turkie ) by T. Washington in 1585.
  • general Description of Bourbonnais in 1569, or History of this province (cities, boroughs, castles, strongholds, monasteries, old families (work published and annotated by the care of the count Maurice d' Irisson d' Hérisson…, Mills, impr. C. Desrosiers, 1875).
  • general Description of the town of Lyon and the old provinces of the Lyonese and the Beaujolais wine (work published and annotated by the Company of Topography historical of Lyon, and preceded by a note on NR. of Nicolay by Victor Advielle, Lyon, impr. from Mougin-Rusand, 1881).

Sources

  • Voyage in the East in XVIe century of Nicolas de Nicolay, From the Dauphine , by Honore Mitigated, 1857. * Description of Berry and diocese of Bourges to XVIe century by Nicolas de Nicolay From the Dauphine, geographer and manservant of the king Charles IX with a note on the author by Mr. Victor Advielle , Paris, A. Aubry and Dumoulin, 1865.
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