The French corvette Alecton was a ship in the French Navy in the 19th century. She is most famous for having been one of the first surface vessels recorded...
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a paper in 1857. A portion of a giant squid was secured by the French corvette Alecton in 1861, leading to wider recognition of the genus in the scientific...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (category Articles containing French-language text)
fiction works Adaptations of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas French corvette Alecton – Ship which encountered a giant squid Canavan, Gerry (2018). The...
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List of giant squid specimens and sightings (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
(#13). The giant squid came to public prominence in 1861 when the French corvette Alecton encountered a live animal (#18) at the surface while navigating...
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March 1861. "Launch". Aberdeen Journal. No. 5908. Aberdeen. 3 April 1861. "France". Morning Chronicle. No. 29378. London. 7 March 1861. "Foreign Intelligence"...
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