Emeritus Professor of the History of the European Expansion, European University Institute, Florence, and Director, Centre for Comparative Studies in Provence
Past appointments
European University Institute, FlorenceVasco da Gama Professor of the History of European Expansion
1991 - 1999
Soas, University Of LondonLecturer, Reader, Professor of Economic History of Asia
1963 - 1991
Publications
The trading world of Asia and the English East India Company 1660-1760 1978
Trade and civilisation in the Indian Ocean: an economic history from the rise of Islam to 1750 1985
Asia before Europe: economy and civilisation of the Indian Ocean from the rise of Islam to 1750 1990
