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Michael Naylor Pearson (1941 - 3 July 2023) was an historian and academic known for his studies on the Indian Ocean. He was a professor at University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Pearson was born in Morrinsville, New Zealand. He studied at University of Auckland and completed his doctoral studies from University of Michigan (1971).

Pearson died 3 July 2023 in Australia.

Books

• The Indian Ocean (2003)
• India and the Indian Ocean (1999)
• The Swahili Coast, India and Portugal in the Early Modern Era (1998)
• Pious Passengers: the Hajj in Earlier Times (1994).
• The Portuguese in India (The New Cambridge History of India I.1). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1987)
• Merchants and Rulers in Gujarat. The Response to the Portuguese in the Sixteenth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press (1976)

References

1. ^ "The Indian Ocean (Routledge)". Routledge. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
2. ^ Freitag, Ulrike (17 December 2004). "The Indian Ocean (review)". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 67 (3): 441–443. doi:10.1017/S0041977X04520256. ISSN 1474-0699. S2CID 162383015.
3. ^ "Pearson, M.N". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
4. "Michael Naylor Pearson (1941–2023)". Asian Review of World Histories. Brill. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
5. Mukherjee, Rila (November 2023). "Chatting with Michael N. Pearson (1941–2023)". International Journal of Maritime History. 35 (4): 669–676. doi:10.1177/08438714231208828. ISSN 0843-8714.
6. Pearson, Michael (1988). The Portuguese in India. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521257138. ISBN 9781139053457.

Further reading

• Seshan, Radhika (29 June 2017). "Ports and Littoral Societies: A Tribute to Michael Naylor Pearson". Asian Review of World Histories. 5 (1). Brill: 1–7. doi:10.12773/arwh.2017.5.1.033. ISSN 2287-9811.
• Mukherjee, Rila (29 June 2017). "Revisiting Michael Pearson's Indian Ocean Littoral". Asian Review of World Histories. 5 (1). Brill: 9–30. doi:10.12773/arwh.2017.5.1.009. ISSN 2287-9811.

External links

• University of New South Wales Emeritus Professor Michael Pearson at University of New South Wales

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