 In January 1935, the Committee of Reviewing Water and Land Maps of the Republic of China, which presently controls Taiwan, published both Chinese names and English names of 132 insular features in the South China Sea.While China, Japan, the Phillipines, and many other nations have been in the South China Sea for many centuries, this article discusses Tomas Cloma's claim to Freedomland for the Phillipines.In 1947, it was reported that Captain Filemon Cloma was fishing off Palawan  when Typhoon Jennie forced him to seek shelter, leading his group of fishing vessels west of Palawan, into the Spratlys.