Juan de Saavedra References Juan de Saavedra Spanish conquistador Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Valparaíso…in 1536 by a conquistador, Juan de Saavedra, who named it for his birthplace in Spain, although another version suggests that Juan Bautista Pastene’s soldiers called the place Val del Paraíso, which eventually became Valparaíso. Read More…in 1536 by a conquistador, Juan de Saavedra, who named it for his birthplace in Spain, although another version suggests that Juan Bautista Pastene’s soldiers called the place Val del Paraíso, which eventually became Valparaíso. Read More