I think the person that's being described is Henry Hudson. He took several trips out to sea and successfully made it to the New World on his third one. I think New York was also called New Amsterdam under the Dutch, but I'm not certain.
Maybe he is elected in 2016
Here are several things that a would possibly do during his/her downtime :
- Spending time with their family which they rarely meet
- Building up a connection with several important people
- Chatting up with the people that they represent
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Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, and Estonia border Russia Between The black and Baltic Sea.
A major contributor to the Protestant reformation was that some of the Catholic lost their respect for Catholic leaders who had engaged in political power struggles.
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