# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-spanberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:21:36.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-spanberg"
name: "Martin Spanberg"
slug: "martin-spanberg"
description: "Martin Spanberg was a Danish-born Russian naval officer who took part with his compatriot Vitus Bering in both Kamchatka expeditions as second in command. He is best known for finding a sea route to Japan from Russian territory and for exploring the Kuril Islands. Shikotan, one of the Kurils, was renamed in his honor by the Russians in 1796."
tagline: "Danish-born Russian explorer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Map_Presenting_the_Discoveries_of_Russian_Navigators_in_the_Pacific_Ocean%2C_as_Well_as_Those_of_Captain_Cook_WDL127.png/330px-Map_Presenting_the_Discoveries_of_Russian_Navigators_in_the_Pacific_Ocean%2C_as_Well_as_Those_of_Captain_Cook_WDL127.png"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1696-12-31"
deathDate: "1761-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.66
  momentum:             15.42452830188679
  historical:           11.823868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "马丁·斯庞贝里"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مارتين شپانبيرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мартин Шпанберг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Petrovi%C4%8D_Spanberg"
    title: "Martin Petrovič Spanberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Spangberg"
    title: "Morten Spangberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Spangberg"
    title: "Martin Spangberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Spanberg"
    title: "Martin Spanberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مارتین اسپنبرگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Spangberg"
    title: "Martin Spangberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Petrovi%C4%8D_%C5%A0panberg"
    title: "Martyn Petrovič Španberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Martin Spanberg"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morten_Spangsberg"
    title: "Morten Spangsberg"
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    title: "Шпанберг, Мартын Петрович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Spangsberg"
    title: "Martin Spangsberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2096477"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump