LSE4325786 An 18-foot giant octopus (or squid), seen in the ocean forty leagues from Tenerife (Spain), by the crew of the Alecton, a steamboat under the command of the narrator. Engraving to illustrate the voyage in French Guiana in 1862-1863, by Frederic Bouyer, captain of fregate, in ??????Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages?? published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1866, Paris. Selva Collection. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An 18-foot giant octopus (or squid), seen in the ocean forty leagues from Tenerife (Spain), by the crew of the Alecton, a steamboat under the command of the narrator. Engraving to illustrate the voyage in French Guiana in 1862-1863, by Frederic Bouyer, captain of fregate, in ??????Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages?? published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1866, Paris. Selva Collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.