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 through the 17th and 18th generations clearly show Hội An around the northern bank, connected to The ocean through the Đại Chiêm Estuary and linked to Đà Nẵng's Đại Estuary by An addition