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Nicolas de Nicolay's Navigations and the Domestic Politics of Travel Writing
- L'Esprit Créateur
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 48, Number 1, Spring 2008
- pp. 18-31
- 10.1353/esp.2008.0005
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In the Navigations, Nicolas de Nicolay deals as much with France after the outbreak of the civil war as with the Ottoman Empire. Through his portrayal of the Turks and other Mediterranean peoples, the traveler turned royal geographer advocates loyalty to the monarchy, religious moderation and tolerance, as well as national unity.