The port town 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 generations clearly show Hội An about the northern bank, linked to the sea through the Đại Chiêm Estuary and linked to Đà Nẵng's Đại Estuary by A further river.Over