Its was a good thing because of the long distance trade and travel increased dramatically in the 1400s. for the first time far off parts of the world began to be linked. Which was the reasoning of this time period that makes it the beginning of what historians call the first global age. Also many other things prove it was good because new foods and animals were found in the Americas land which made More explorers inspired to explore, which then the new trade routes were discovered by Magellan. Then again there’s also some bad thing such as the slavery of the Indians had gotten a head start, Columbus almost wiped out an entire civilization, the Tainos as they also forced the Native Americans to find gold for him and if they didn’t find any,
