ÍNDICE: Acknowledgments | Introduction | Chapter One: Landforms of Northwest and West Iberia | Chapter Two: The Climate of Western Iberia | Chapter Three: The Soils of Northern and Western Iberia | Chapter Four: Vegetation Regions of Northern and Western Iberia | Chapter Five: Prehistoric Immigrants into Iberia | Chapter Six: Early Central European Influences in Iberia | Chapter Seven: Contacts between the Ancient Civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean and Iberia | Chapter Eight: The Period of Roman Conquest and Control | Chapter Nine: The Germanic Conquest | Chapter Ten: Moslem Domination | Chapter Eleven: The Reconquest of Iberia | Chapter Twelve: Final Steps Toward Portuguese Independence | Chapter Thirteen: Completion of the Portuguese State | Chapter Fourteen: Development of Portuguese International Relations | Chapter Fifteen: The Geography of Portugese-Spanish Boundaries | Chapter Sixteen: Environment and Culture | Chapter Seventeen: The Geographical Basis of Portugese Political Independence: A Summation | Biography