 The mode of transport was donkeys during that period and Mogi das Cruzes, founded in 1640, rapidly became the largest settlement.Salt was transported along the so-called "Caminho do Mar" (sea road) to Alto da Serra, also locally known as Zanzaláh.One of the Jesuits who died on this route was buried with a wooden cross which in 1611 was converted into a chapel, now known as the "Capela de São Sebastião".