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 ) at Delagoa Bay purchased from king under Dutch Cape Colony
April 1722 to 28 August 1722 Pirate occupation led by
Opperhoofden (Chief factors)
March 1721 to May 1721 , Opperhoofd
May 1721 to 1722 , Opperhoofd
1722 to May 1724 Jean Michel, Opperhoofd
June 1724 to 1726 Jan van de Capelle, Opperhoofd 1st Term
1726 to 8 January 1727 , 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
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