The port town of Hội An and its bridge in the 18th century. Watercolour engraving by Jacques Chereau (1688–1776), circa 1750. Historic maps with the 17th and 18th centuries present Hội An about the northern bank, connected to The ocean by way of the Đại Chiêm Estuary and connected to Đà Nẵng's Đại Estuary by A different river.For a