List of Opperhoofden of Delagoa Bay

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

Term Incumbent Notes
March 1721Dutch 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 1722Pirate occupation led by
John Taylor
Opperhoofden (Chief factors)
March 1721 to May 1721Willem van Taak, Opperhoofd
May 1721 to 1722Casparus Swertner, Opperhoofd
1722 to May 1724Jean Michel, Opperhoofd
June 1724 to 1726Jan van de Capelle, Opperhoofd1st Term
1726 to 8 January 1727Jan de Koning, Opperhoofd
8 January 1727 to 27 December 1730Jan van de Capelle, Opperhoofd2nd Term; 18 March 1729: VOC decision to close the post
27 December 1730Settlement abandoned; territory became part of Portuguese East Africa
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