Jakob Monau

Jakob Monau (4 February 1546; Breslau – 6 October 1603; Breslau), also known as Jacobus Monavius or Iacobus Monaw, was a polymath (lawyer, linguist and poet) and leader of the Reformed Protestant faction after Johannes Crato von Krafftheim's death. Together with his friend Wacker von Wackenfels he convinced Abraham Ortelius to create a map of Utopia. Ortelius dedicated his map of historic Germany to him.

Jakob Monau

Jakob Monau (4 February 1546; Breslau – 6 October 1603; Breslau), also known as Jacobus Monavius or Iacobus Monaw, was a polymath (lawyer, linguist and poet) and leader of the Reformed Protestant faction after Johannes Crato von Krafftheim's death. Together with his friend Wacker von Wackenfels he convinced Abraham Ortelius to create a map of Utopia. Ortelius dedicated his map of historic Germany to him.