Nathaniel Pearce

Painting of Pearce and an Oromo, then known by the now-derogatory term 'Galla'. Engraving by Robert Pollard.

Nathaniel Pearce (14 February 1779 – 12 August 1820) was an English explorer who spent many years in the Ethiopian Empire (then called 'Abyssinia' by Europeans) and wrote a journal of his experiences.