Summary of the age of discovery?

The age of discovery was the period of time in which famous explorers such as columbus, Vasco De gama, Pizzarro, etc ... were all "discovering" new places around the world. It occurred during the ealry 1400's and countries like spain were influential in discovering places such as florida. During this time as well, Magellan discovered the straight of magellan. Amerigo Vespucci (italian) was a famous discovery age explorer by which both South and North America got their names from.