List of Colonial Heads of the Dutch fort at Delagoa Bay (now Maputo Bay, in Mozambique): {| Term Incumbent Notes |- |valign=top|March 1721||colspan="3"|Dutch East India Company - Dutch Fort Lijdzaamheid (archaic spelling Leydsaemheyt) at Delagoa Bay purchased from king Maphumbo under Dutch Cape Colony |- |rowspan="2"|April 1722 to 28 August 1722||Pirate occupation led by |- |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 |} Dutch colonial governors and administrators History of Mozambique Dutch Empire-related lists Lists of Dutch colonial governors and administrators