Note 12 — Chapter III · Three Vessels Fitted Out for Columbus—The First Voyage of Discovery is made from Palos, August 3, 1492—Columbus on the Open Sea
George P. (George Putnam) Upton translation
Other authorities state that the crew of the Santa Maria, commanded by Columbus, numbered fifty men; that of the Pinta, under Martin Pinzon, thirty men; and that of the Nina, under Vicente Pinzon, twenty-four; and that the total number of the adventurers was one hundred and twenty.