The ''Kingdom of Cambodia'' is the official English name of the country. The English ''Cambodia'' is an anglicisation of the French ''Cambodge'', which in turn is the French transliteration of the Khmer  (, ). ''Kâmpŭchéa'' is the shortened alternative to the country's official name in Khmer  (, . The Khmer endonym  ''Kâmpŭchéa'' derives from the Sanskrit name  ''Kambujadeśa'', composed of  ''Deśa'' ("land of" or "country of") and  ''Kambuja'', which alludes to the foundation myths of the first ancient Khmer kingdom. The term ''Cambodia'' was already in use in Europe as early as 1524, since Antonio Pigafetta (an Italian explorer who followed Ferdinand Magellan in his circumnavigation of the globe) cites it in his work ''Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo'' (1524–1525) as ''Camogia''.