The port town of Hội An and its bridge while in the 18th century. Watercolour engraving by Jacques Chereau (1688–1776), circa 1750. Historical maps within the 17th and 18th generations display Hội An on the northern financial institution, linked to the sea by means of the Đại Chiêm Estuary and linked to Đà Nẵng's Đại Estuary by A d