The port city of Hội An and its bridge while in the 18th century. Watercolour engraving by Jacques Chereau (1688–1776), circa 1750. Historic maps with the 17th and 18th centuries clearly show Hội An on the northern lender, connected to The ocean via the Đại Chiêm Estuary and associated with Đà Nẵng's Đại Estuary by A different rive