List of Opperhoofden of Delagoa Bay

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List of Colonial Heads of the Dutch fort at Delagoa Bay (now Maputo Bay, in Mozambique):

Term Incumbent Notes
March 1721 Dutch East India Company - Dutch Fort Lijdzaamheid (archaic spelling Leydsaemheyt) at Delagoa Bay purchased from king Maphumbo under Dutch Cape Colony
April 1722 to 28 August 1722 Pirate occupation led by
Taylor[disambiguation needed]
Opperhoofden (Chief factors)
March 1721 to May 1721 Willem van Taak, Opperhoofd
May 1721 to 1722 Casparus Swertner, Opperhoofd
1722 to May 1724 Jean Michel, Opperhoofd
June 1724 to 1726 Jan van de Capelle, Opperhoofd 1st Term
1726 to 8 January 1727 Jan de Koning[disambiguation needed], Opperhoofd
8 January 1727 to 27 December 1730 Jan van de Capelle, Opperhoofd 2nd Term; 18 March 1729: VOC decision to close the post
27 December 1730 Settlement abandoned; territory became part of Portuguese East Africa