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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):

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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
April 1722 to 28 August 1722	John Taylor
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, 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