Were not forgotten and scientific plans. In the first government documents, in which was considered the main object of the expedition, were formulated the tasks of the scientific study of the Russian possessions in America. and other places, and countries, are required to visit the ships. To do this, was planned to include in the expedition scientist, naturalist, botanist, and several students mineralogists.

From scientists, whose circle was actually much wider, were expected: detailed descriptions of the visited lands and collecting collections of geological breeds, metals, soils, minerals, plants, seeds, animals, fishes, corals, sinks, insects, etc.

Each "thing" has to be described and numbered. Very the importance was attached to ethnographic researches, including studying of a way of life, customs, religions, crafts, art, dwellings, weapon, clothes, etc. Painters of an expedition were recommended to deliver sketches of panoramas of the Russian settlements in America and of inhabitant's suits.

The next task was allocated to production of exact meteorological observations - behind the polar lights (auroras) and others "noteworthy" natural phenomenas.

Doctors were supposed not only to study the diseases and their treatments, but also to do their utmost "to providing suffering mankind". In addition, in the case of favourable circumstances, was supposed to study North West coast of America" [2].

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4. "Whether not early to be the Cook, the young man?" "We don't accord with Cook ...". In a rank of Ferdinand Magellan, Juan Sebastian del Cano, Francis Drake and other circumnavigators.

"After discovery of America (Columbus, 1492) and a sea way to India (Vasco da Gama, 1498), the most important geographical event of an era of great opening is the first global cruise made by Fernand Magellan. (...) The global cruise, the second after Magellan, has been made by the English privateer Francis Drake (1577-80). (...) During the second half of 18 century there are 8 round-the-world floatings: the English expedition of John Byron (1764-66) - the first global cruise undertaken for the scientific purposes; Wallis and Carteret's English expedition (1766-69); considerable French geographical expedition of Bougainville (1766-69); three round-the-world swimmings of James Cook; tragically terminated Laperouse's swimming; expedition of Vancouver (1790-92). In the first half of the 19th century 6 Russians of round-the-world expeditions are equipped: Kruzenstern (1803-06) ..." [12].

"We don't accord with Cook ..." [8].

"The round-the-world expedition made a lot of noise at first," - Chichagov wrote the envoy in London to S.R. Vorontsov.
– All the expeditions, ever made in the world till this moment, are presented in this one, without excluding also the Egyptian expedition of Bonaparte, which in comparison with this one is just children's game. Because that had with himself scientists, philosophers, and here one authorized Lisyansky and several pupils of one of our special schools replace with themselves all". S.R. Vorontsov answered in tone to the correspondent that visited him recently Lisyansky - no more as frivolous and excessively self-confident person. His name (certainly, as well as a name of Kruzenstern) won't be entered in one list with a name of Cook ..." [1].

"Not my fault if to me there are such wonders ... It is because I like to travel and eternally I look for adventures, and you stay at home and you see nothing, except four walls of the room" (Rudolf Erich Raspe The Adventures of Baron Munchausen).

5.Non-stop Seafarer Yu. F. Lisyansky. Between Drake and Blyth

Among the complex ocean voyages are both as circumnavigations (round-the-world voyages), and so sufficiently long-distance non-stop (without calling at ports) voyages.

Non-stop long-distance navigation is an excellent test of marine art.

Of course, the selection of non-stop floats as a separate kind (or class) is relatively arbitrary. Any swimming is in some sense non-stop. The basis for the application of such a term arises when a special goal is set: to pass a maximum, unusually long distance without calling at the port (without berthing).

To the non-stop navigators, probably, can be attributed and Francis Drake, and Yu. F. Lisyansky, and (no doubt) Chay Blyth.

Chay Blyth in 1970-1971 carried out simultaneously and round-the-world, and non-stop solo voyage on the yacht "British steel".

"The commander of "Neva" spends five days after separation from "Hope" in meditation. He remembers the story of seafaring since the time of Magellan, all round-the-world voyages of Spaniards, British, rather recent float of the Frenchman of Bougainville.

No, any of them hasn't made continuous swimming from east part of the Indian Ocean to coast of Europe. James Cook glorified Britain with two round-the-world voyages, Vancouver - a voyage across the Great Ocean, the French have made one voyage around the world. And in general, he does not remember that any of the sailors decided to float from Canton to England without stopping.