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115 Portugal, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: A Geographical Study Office of Planning, Policy and General Administration (GPP) Reference TITLE: Portugal, o Mediterrâneo e o Atlântico. Estudo Geográfico AUTHOR: Orlando Ribeiro PUBLISHER: Livraria Letra Livre INTRODUCTION: Suzanne Daveau LANGUAGE: Portuguese NUMBER OF PAGES: 227 YEAR PUBLISHED: 2011 (8th edition); (original: 1945, Coimbra Editora) Key words: rural Portugal; geography; Mediterranean; Atlantic; identity; culture; landscape; rural popula- tion; agriculture; fishing; crops; settlement Portugal, o Mediterrâneo e o Atlântico. Estudo Geográf- ico [Portugal, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: A Geographical Study] is Orlando Ribeiro’s look at the Portugal of the past and of today. It provides an anat- omy of the country, examining the territory’s natural and human architecture, and describes the country’s contrasts and identities, past and present, from the highlands to the valleys, from the flora to the fauna, from the ocean-lapped coast to the inland regions shadowed by the central mountain chains. Ranging from the mountainous north to the flatlands of the south, the book examines the diverse climates and habitats that shape the character of its people and places, describing the current and past inhabitants of this corner of the Iberian Peninsula bathed by the Atlantic and formed by the Mediterranean. It examines where they live and how they live; their sources of liveli- hood (farming, animal husbandry and fishing); and the marks they have left from pre-historic times to Castro culture. This journey in time and space takes in the Roman andMoorish influence and the Christian recon- quest, and continues all the way to the present day. Contents: Introduction Miguel Torga – Message Chapter I – The Mediterranean World Chapter II – Mediterranean Portugal Chapter III – Atlantic Portugal Chapter IV – The Variety and Unity of Portugal Conclusion Maps